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Feds give $102M in storm prevention to 11 states
2014-06-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Eleven states in the eastern U.S. will share $102.7 million in grants from the federal government to protect against future storms, with the greatest amount of funded projects in New Jersey and New York. The U.S. Department of the Interior's Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resilience Grant Program will fund a variety of projects to protect communities at risk from future big storms like the October 2012 event that pummeled the East Coast. The money comes from a Sandy relief bill passed by Congress. "We...
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