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Messages in the Sand from Hurricane Sandy

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Researchers have found that federally funded beach nourishment projects in New York and New Jersey prior to Hurricane Sandy saved an estimated $1.3 billion in avoided damages. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking these findings to improve future beach nourishment projects…

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Justice for All

Gathering of Tribes Mobilizes to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

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Thousands of protestors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota are trying to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline slated to cross land adjacent to sacred tribal territory.

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