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Shrink a Yard, Grow a Beach: Housing on Feeder Bluffs

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Vishva Nalamalapu 0 Comments land erosion, juan de fuca, port angeles, washington state, washington, victoria, strait of juan de fuca, soil erosion, sequim, puget sound, feeder bluffs, climate adaptation, british columbia, bluffs, bluff armoring, beaches, beach, erosion, elwha bluffs, ediz hook, dungeness spit, dungeness, coastal erosion, climate resilience, cordilleran ice sheet, cordilleran glacial retreat, coastal armoring

One day, a resident of Port Angeles, Washington could swing in a hammock in his backyard and look out over

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Climate Change Is Here, And Boy Is It Ever Expensive!

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments hurricanes, hurricane maria, hurricane laura, hurricane harvey, hurricane, florida, resiliency, resilience, climate adaptation, california wildfires, california, climate change, climate resilience

If we fail to push for market transformation oriented toward climate adaptation solutions, the market will do it on its own. Like, in a really bad way. This has the unintended consequence, however, of incentivizing better decisions about development and planning.

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Climate Leadership Conference, Day 1: Lessons Learned and Issues Highlighted

March 5, 2020March 6, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments wsp, matt naud, missy stults, protest, climate adaptation, beth gibbons, american society of adaptation professionals, climate change, ESG, environmental justice

Day 1 of the Climate Leadership Conference provides some solid lessons in adaptation and reslience while also revealing some important schisms in the sustainability movement.

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