"Buffalo’s Other Waterfront Renaissance"
"The current $44 million cleanup of the Buffalo River soon will allow residents to use the waterway in ways most have long thought impossible"
Source: Buffalo News, 08/21/2014
Planning & Growth
"US Scientists Urge 'National Vision' To Curb Coastal Risks in Report"
"A group of top scientists has called for a fundamental change to how the United States deals with risks to its Atlantic and Gulf coasts from storms and climate change in a National Research Council report released Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 07/24/2014
"The San Francisco Shipyard: Creating A New Town in the City"
"San Francisco is booming as construction cranes transform the city skyline. One of the most significant changes is happening at the Hunters Point Shipyard. It's a project so big, it seems like a whole new town is being built within the city. Residences, shops, parks, and high-rises are being built and will replace the naval shipyard – once a major source of employment, but dormant for years."
Source: KALW, 06/10/2014
"Urban, Rural Runoff Remains Pollution Problem for Rivers Today"
"A massive rainstorm in July 2010 turned city streets into rushing rivers and infamously created a sinkhole so big at N. Oakland and E. North avenues that it swallowed a Cadillac Escalade."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/10/2014
Special Edition TipSheet: Coastal Risk and Resilience in the Gulf Region
From 1970 until 2010, 34.8 million more people decided to move towards the coast of the United States and that population is expected to grow just as sea-level rise and climate change continue to increase the risk of living there. Amy Wold, a reporter with The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, covers change and adaptation; locks and floodgates; levees and marshes; communities at risk; insurance issues; and lessons learned. Photo (click to enlarge): In 2012, Wold took this shot of the rapidly disappearing Cat Island in Barataria Basin in south Louisiana. She returned there in 2014 to find barely any land left above water. © Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.
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Special Edition TipSheet: Gulf Coast Restoration
Amy Wold, a reporter with The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, writes about coastal challenges facing the state, including coastal loss, restoration, economics, diversion, the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP settlements and the RESTORE Act, fisheries impacts — and why protecting and stabilizing Louisiana’s coastline is not just a local issue, but a national one. Image: Heavy machinery moves around sediment that has been piped in from the Mississippi River at a coastal restoration project in Plaquemines Parish in November 2013. © Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.
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"Chicago Stops Short of Petroleum Coke Ban"
"Zoning changes prohibit new storage sites, but 3 dumps can remain despite neighbors' protests."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 04/30/2014
"North Carolina: Judge Denies Shield for Duke Records"
"A North Carolina judge on Friday denied Duke Energy's motion seeking to shield records related to groundwater pollution leaching from 33 coal ash dumps in the state while a separate federal criminal investigation is ongoing."
Source: AP, 04/07/2014
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