Water & Oceans

"Report: Sandy Was Wake-Up Call We Better Heed"

"A new Army Corps of Engineers report warns that unless coastal residents and state and local leaders from the Carolinas to Maine rethink their approach to shoreline development, the next big storm will be equal to or worse than Hurricane Sandy – with its $65 billion in losses, 159 deaths and 650,000 homes damaged or destroyed."

Source: Wilmington News Journal, 02/02/2015

"Obama’s Plan: Allow Drilling in Atlantic, but Limit It in Arctic"

"The Obama administration moved Tuesday to open up a vast stretch of East Coast waters to oil and gas drilling, a decision that could have a profound impact on the economic and environmental future of states from Virginia to Georgia. The move also adds a new dimension to the legacy of President Obama."

Source: NY Times, 01/28/2015

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