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One year after Sandy, New Jersey towns accelerate dune building, despite holdouts
2013-10-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: That stubby dune is now at the center of a major shift that stands to strengthen local officials against oceanfront homeowners who refuse to surrender thin strips of their beach property to the federal government for a much more ambitious program of dune construction. The change came in July, when the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that granted $375,000 to Harvey Cedars homeowners Harvey and Phyllis Karan after the town took a section of their beach through eminent domain. The...
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