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Sand dunes, coral reefs protect coasts against climate change
2013-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Protecting sand dunes and coral reefs can help defend the United Statess coasts against costly extreme-weather events linked to climate change, according to a new study. Maintaining coastal habitats could halve the people, low-income families, the elderly and total value of residential property most exposed to rising sea levels, floods and storms associated with climate change, the study concluded. Extreme weather, sea-level rise and degraded coastal ecosystems are placing people and property...
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Dunes, reefs protect US coasts from climate change
2013-07-14 23:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Rising sea levels and extreme weather put 16% of U.S. coastlines at "high-hazard" risk and the number of threatened residents could double if natural habitats -- sand dunes, coral reefs, sea grasses, mangroves -- aren't protected, Stanford University researchers say in a study today. The study, noting that 23 of the 25 most densely populated U.S. counties are coastal, comes as U.S. and local officials are looking at "hardening" shorelines with billion-dollar sea walls and other projects in the...
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RES Americas begins construction on Buffalo Dunes wind project in US
2013-04-22 10:00:00| Power Technology
Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas) has started construction on the 250MW Buffalo Dunes wind project, which will be situated south-west of Garden City, in the US state of Kansas.
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SolarReserve completes receiver panel assembly at Crescent Dunes
2013-04-04 10:00:00| Power Technology
SolarReserve has completed the assembly of molten salt receiver panels at its 110MW Crescent Dunes solar thermal power plant in the US state of Nevada.
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A duel over sand dunes in New Jersey as residents fight Christie plan to take land
2013-03-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Record: Police in Maine publicly displayed the names and addresses of men accused of buying sex from a fitness instructor. The New York City health department posts letter grades on restaurants, alerting customers when the highest of standards arent being met. And the Port Authority recently published online the names of E-ZPass cheats. Now, taking a similar tack, Governor Christie is threatening to shame oceanfront property owners publicly if they refuse to allow sand dunes some that could reach 22...