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Albemarle-Pamlico resilience gets $27.25 million boost
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Albemarle-Pamlico resilience gets $27.25 million boost

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced funding for the agency’s National Wildlife Refuge System for Albemarle-Pamlico restoration initiatives.
Politics
Offshore wind opportunities & uncertainties
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Offshore wind advocates weigh opportunities, uncertainties

Government officials, researchers and utility insiders shared their observations and concerns about the burgeoning industry during a recent symposium.
Politics
Solutions are few for imperiled oceanfront homes
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Solutions are few for imperiled oceanfront homes: Panel

Officials at the first public meeting of an interagency work group said that while prevention could be far less costly than cleanup, limited programs or funding options are available to deal with erosion-threatened oceanfront homes before they collapse.
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offshore wind development surveys absolved from right whale deaths
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Scientists dispute claims behind call for wind moratorium

Researchers say there's no evidence that offshore wind development surveys contributed to the recent deaths of whales along the Mid-Atlantic coast, where officials have called for a moratorium.
Impacts
erosion-threatened Rodanthe residents want sand replenishment
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Rodanthe sand project unlikely, but new study to begin

Beachfront property owners in Rodanthe want beach nourishment to protect their erosion-threatened houses, but the questions of how much sand and how to pay for it are unanswered.
Impacts
shellfish aquaculture industry climate adaptation
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Tools, partnerships aim to help shellfish growers adapt

Climate change is affecting aquaculture, but state and federal agencies are developing new tools for farmers.
Resilience
North Carolina will pay for climate inaction: Report
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North Carolina will pay for climate inaction: Report

A new report shows that the effects of climate change will significantly cost state residents and the economy over the next three decades without urgent action to curb climate-warming pollution.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Shanxi province faces difficult path away from coal as China pushes clean energy

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Texas growth and lax rules put more homes in harm’s way from flood disasters

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Trump administration moves to shut down critical storm research lab in Oklahoma

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
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Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

Sign saying Break Free from Fossil Fuels on a street.

Burning fossil fuels linked to 1,500 deaths in Europe’s latest heat wave