coastal protection

Southern leaders fiddle while coasts threatened with drowning

By Sue Sturgis

August 7, 2012 - As sea levels rise due to global warming, politicians across the hard-hit South are blocking efforts to address the problem.

Environment

Troubled Waters: Gulf communities still reeling two years into BP disaster

By Chris Kromm

April 19, 2012 - Two years after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, a Facing South/Institute report finds coastal communities are struggling to cope and recover -- and to get the nation to pay attention.

Bye Bye, Outer Banks

By Gary Ashwill

May 17, 2005 - Southern Exposure contributor Sue Sturgis surveys the disappearing coast of North Carolina and the state's growing movement to address climate change in the latest Independent:

Southern Exposure

Coastal Affair Introduction

By Jennifer Miller

May 1, 1982 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 10 No. 3, "Coastal Affair." Find more from that issue here.

Southern leaders fiddle while coasts threatened with drowning

Troubled Waters: Gulf communities still reeling two years into BP disaster

Bye Bye, Outer Banks

Coastal Affair Introduction

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