Press & News
Projo — RI couple's lawsuit challenges whether CRMC has say over homeowners' seawalls. Why it matters.
By Antonia Noori Farzan — A blanket ban on new seawalls and rock revetments along certain parts of the coastline means that homeowners have limited ability to defend their properties against erosion. A class action lawsuit seeks to overturn that policy, which would have major implications for Rhode Island's coastline.
Maine Public Radio — Maine's nature-based shoreline rules face pushback
By Peter McGuire — A new state policy to encourage using biodegradable materials to prevent shoreline erosion is facing backlash from critics who say it risks damaging coastal properties.
Boston Globe — Crews bringing in 30,000 tons of sand to protect Salisbury Beach from erosion
By Travis Andersen — Crews began installing about 30,000 tons of sand Monday along portions of Salisbury Beach that were badly eroded by nor’easters in January and February, according to state Senator Bruce Tarr’s office.
The Public’s Radio — Photographer Kathie Florsheim’s elegy to the vanishing shore
By Alex Nunes — Kathie Florsheim wants you to understand just what’s happening to our eroding coastline. She’s not a scientist. She’s a fine art photographer who’s been photographing beaches in the region for about 50 years.
The Public’s Radio — House commission set to look for solutions to Rhode Island’s eroding beaches
By Alex Nunez — As rising seas and stronger storms, due at least in part to climate change, are carrying off tons of sand from Rhode Island beaches, a legislative commission tasked with developing ways to slow beach erosion met at the State House for the first time on Monday.
The State — Senator’s rise in SC politics coincides with help for wealthy seaside property owners
By Sammy Fretwell — About eight years ago, with then-state Rep. Stephen Goldfinch seeking election to the S.C. Senate, a wealthy property owner agreed to hold a fund-raising reception in a grand beach house along Georgetown County’s eroding seashore.
Smithsonian — Galveston’s Texas-Size Plan to Stop the Next Big Storm
By Xander Peters — In the wake of Hurricane Ike, engineers have been crafting a $34 billion plan to protect the city. Will it work when the next disaster arrives?
The Public’s Radio — Newport’s only public beach is eroding. Should the city save it?
By Olivia Ebertz — As structures like the carousel and snack bar building are being demolished at Easton’s Beach, city officials are grappling with how to save an eroding beach.
The Public’s Radio — ‘That conversation is coming’: South Coast towns may consider managed retreat, green infrastructure in response to rising seas
By Luis Hernandez — Beach erosion and extreme flooding are forcing South Coast officials to think more urgently about how to adapt to a rise in sea levels. New Bedford Light reporter Adam Goldstein joins Morning Edition host Luis Hernandez to discuss the many options under consideration.
The Public’s Radio — Newport official says continued beach erosion could threaten the city’s water supply, way of life
By Luis Hernandez — “Can we renourish the beaches? Can we find a way to put back what’s been taken away over the years?” We talk with the city’s public services director about the ways Newport is grappling with the ongoing threat of coastal erosion.
The Public’s Radio — ‘I have real concern’: URI coastal scientist tracks decades of coastal erosion data
By Luis Hernandez — Severe storms and rising sea-levels are reshaping Rhode Island’s shoreline in dramatic ways. As part of our ongoing series on coastal erosion, Morning Host Luis Hernandez spoke with J.P. Walsh, a coastal scientist at the University of Rhode Island, who is trying to quantify just how much beach we’ve lost in recent decades.
The Public’s Radio — Dude, where’s my beach?
By Alex Nunes — The summer beach season is here, but the beaches themselves look very different this year. Coastal communities are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair shoreline damage from last winter’s severe storms. The damage is a warning sign to Rhode Island of the tough road ahead as climate-related sea level rise and increasingly heavy storms continue to swallow up the beaches.
Boston Globe — The seas are coming for coastal homes. How will communities, and the state, respond?
By Sabrina Shankman — In the age of climate change, as sea levels rise and more intense storms wear away the natural landscape that had protected coastal communities for generations, state and local officials are considering more radical measures, including paying people to abandon their waterfront properties altogether.
New York Times — If Your House Were Falling Off a Cliff, Would You Leave?
Homeowners along the eastern coast of England are watching the North Sea swallow their communities. Help is on the way — but only for some.
Wash Post — North Carolina beach houses have fallen into the ocean. Is there a fix?
By Brady Dennis — New studies show that both beach nourishments and buyouts in Rodanthe, N.C., would be costly. But no funding for any fix is in sight.
USA Today — Another North Carolina home falls into Atlantic Ocean and more are at risk
By Gareth McGrath — Another home in an Outer Banks community has fallen into the Atlantic, making it the fourth home to wash away in Rodanthe in the past 13 months. The oceanfront bungalow collapsed around noon on Monday amid heavy surf conditions.
Wash Post — Retreat in Rodanthe
By Brady Dennis — Along three blocks in a North Carolina beach town, severe erosion is upending life, forcing hard choices and offering a glimpse of the dilemmas other coastal communities will face
Robb Report — Beach Houses Around the Country Are at Risk of Sinking, and Coastal Enclaves Are at War About How to Save Them
By Lucy Alexander — For some homebuyers, the fantasy of coastal living will forever outweigh the risks. But rising sea levels and shifting sands can mean getting closer to the ocean than you might have intended.
INSIDER — Florida's Great Displacement
By Jake Bittle — As many residents will be proud to tell you, the thousand-odd islands that make up the Florida Keys are one of a kind… The Keys are also the first flock of canaries in the coal mine of climate change.
The Atlantic — Every Coastal Home Is Now a Stick of Dynamite
By Jake Bittle — Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.