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Mending the Bird Preserves Hit by Sandy

2013-01-04 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Conservationists fear that damage in places like Reeds Beach in New Jersey left almost no sand for the spring spawning of horseshoe crabs, on whose eggs birds like the red knot, center, feed during their migration. Conservationists are warning that swift action is needed to repair mid-Atlantic bird refuges that were badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy. In a report issued on Thursday, researchers at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences said...

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wire: Delayed by Hurricane Sandy, Canstruction Returns in February

2013-01-04 05:58:36| Real Estate - Topix.net

Hurricane Sandy delayed the annual Canstruction design competition, but we have good news for fans of sculptures made from canned vegetables and tuna fish.

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N.Y. boardwalk wrecked by Sandy to be razed

2013-01-03 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

MSNBC: Workers will begin to demolish a famed boardwalk in Long Beach, New York on Saturday, city officials announced Wednesday. The more than two-mile stretch of wood and concrete along the beachfront was badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy, and Long Beach's city council decided to tear down the entire structure last month. "It looks like King Kong came in and ripped up the whole place," said Barbara Herr, who has visited Long Beach for 15 years. An American flag and a holiday wreath hang on a pile...

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Under Pressure, Boehner Agrees to Hold Two Votes On Sandy Relief Funding

2013-01-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Hill: Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has agreed to hold two votes on Hurricane Sandy aid after coming under withering fire from New York and New Jersey Republicans. The House will vote to provide $9 billion to shore up the National Flood Insurance Program on Friday and will vote on another $51 billion Sandy spending package on Jan. 15, according to GOP leaders. "Getting critical aid to the victims of Hurricane Sandy should be the first priority in the new Congress, and that was reaffirmed today with...

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