Planning & Growth
North Carolina: "GOP Is Poised To Restructure Coastal Oversight"
"Republican legislators’ plan to take over key state commissions would remake the Coastal Resources Commission in a way that could strain a decades-long partnership with federal regulators.
At stake is $2.5 million in federal funds the state receives each year to help protect the environment in a federal-state partnership that has afforded North Carolina local control of coastal development permits.
Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm?

Francesca Lyman asks "What does Hurricane Sandy tell us about coping with human health and consequences of climate change?"
"Report Underscores Vulnerabilities of U.S. Coastlines"
"No part of the U.S. will escape the harsh consequences of climate change, which has already begun to cause trouble from Alaska to Florida, and from Maine to Hawaii, and which will worsen as the century goes on. But according to a report released January 28, the nation’s coastlines -- Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes -- are likely to get the worst of it."
Opinion: "Is Rebuilding in Hurricane Zones Wise?"
"Washington -- Denise Tortorello, a real estate agent at Riviera Realty in Point Pleasant, N.J., said she can't tell yet where property values are headed since Hurricane Sandy demolished a string of beach towns built on a slender strip of barrier islands in the Atlantic."
"After Years of Discord, Calif. and Nevada Agree on Tahoe Development"
After years of disagreement, planners from California and Nevada seem to have finally agreed on a plan that will allow development while protecting Lake Tahoe's crystalline waters.
"Supreme Court to Decide on Texans’ Bid for Oklahoma’s Water"
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the controversy of the thirsty Fort Worth area's bid to get water from Oklahoma.
"On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild Now"
"As moldy drywall thudded to the curb in a depressing drumbeat throughout Breezy Point, Queens, Thomas Ryan’s reciprocating saw stood out like a growling declaration of impatience."
"In the Lap of the Gods"
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