Beach Nourishment: A Critical Look – Gary Griggs | Journal of Coastal Research
More than $15 billion, mostly federal dollars, have been spent moving sand to the shoreline for both recreational and shoreline protection benefits. Still, whether in New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, or California, the life span of the sand added artificially to these beaches in many cases has been relatively short and in some instances has been less than a year…
The homeowner mutiny leaving Florida cities defenseless against hurricanes – Grist Magazine
The Army Corps of Engineers won’t restore eroded beaches in Pinellas County unless homeowners agree to one condition: public access…
Sand Dollars – CBS News Investigations
Federal agencies spend millions every year replacing sand on beaches. Some experts say it’s a waste of tax money….
California will help return tribal lands as part of the historic Klamath River restoration – the Los Angeles Times
More than a century has passed since members of the Shasta Indian Nation saw the last piece of their ancestral home — a landscape along the Klamath River where villages once stood — flooded by a massive hydroelectric project.
Now more than 2,800 acres of land that encompassed the settlement, known as Kikacéki, will be returned to the tribe. The reclamation is part of the largest river restoration effort in U.S. history, the removal of four dams and reservoirs that had cut off the tribe from the spiritual center of their world…
A new report looks at major companies’ efforts to address plastic waste — and finds them lacking – Grist Magazine
Of the 147 companies with a package recyclability goal, only 15 percent were on track to meet it…
How the recycling symbol lost its meaning – Grist Magazine
Of the 147 companies with a package recyclability goal, only 15 percent were on track to meet it…
Controversial Punalu‘u project on Big Island set back as contested case moves ahead – Kaua’i Now
The developer of a controversial proposed Ka‘ū residential and commercial community on the Big Island will have to wait to find out if it will be approved for a special management area use permit to move forward with project — or if it will be considered at all — following a special meeting Monday of the Hawai‘i County Windward Planning Commission in Hilo…
Washed Away – AARP
As more older Americans move to the coasts, rising seas are wiping out their homes — and retirement dreams…
Seabird poop is recipe for coral recovery amid climate-driven bleaching – Mongabay
Researchers have found that nutrients from seabird poop led to a doubling of coral growth rates and faster recovery after bleaching events, promoting overall resilience…