Re-Engineering America's Beaches, One Tax Dollar at a Time

In the following weeks, more than 200 fuses, many still potentially explosive, were excavated in Surf City. Beaches remained closed while contractors ran powerful magnetometers across the sand. The closures scared off buyers for a pair of half-million-dollar beach condos Buscemi had renovated, but what angers him most is simply thinking about what might have happened: "That thing could have blown my son's arm off." Full Story »

Posted by David Starr
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Subjects: Politics, Sci/Tech, Extra
Topics: Environment
Member Tags: beach erosion, beach development, marine ecology
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Posted by: Posted by David Starr - Jun 17, 2007 - 11:19 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jun 17, 2007 - 11:46 AM PDT

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Cheri Henderson
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by Cheri Henderson - Oct. 1, 2008

Very informative on a woefully underreported story.

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Dwight Rousu
3.3
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Rebuilding beaches could become quite a job if sea levels rise 20 feet or more with global warming. What to do and how to do it may become a more important story. The current story of destroying nature for rich people's houses is an "explosive" exposition.

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Samuel Messing
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by Samuel Messing - Oct. 1, 2008

Interesting discussion on a topic that is not well represented in the media, but is of importance because of the amount of tax dollars involved. Reporting seems to be accurate, and gives a good overall picture of the issue.

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David Starr
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by David Starr - Oct. 1, 2008

Good story. Billions of dollars spent pumping sediment onto beaches. Much of it is washed away, or degrades the beach. Few people benefit from the tax dollars spent.

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Anthony Martin Dambrosi
4.5
by Anthony Martin Dambrosi - Oct. 1, 2008

One of the best stories on this issue because it's been just about the only story. Offshore dredging used to backfill South Florida Beaches killed the on shore reefs. Now they are silt choked bleached dead zones with no fish, life,and leave a turgid blue milk shake to swim in for 50 yards out. So the local news papers, tv stations make a big deal everytime they sink a ship off the coast to create articficial reefs. They never explain that they have to create artificial reefs because overbuilding, overdevelopment and dredging have killed the natural reefs to begin with.

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