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The Trustees of Reservation study bases 2050 projections on 2-and-a-half feet of sea level rise.
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Already this year, 110 wildfires on the Cape have burned about 20 acres total, but that relatively small number is largely thanks to the efforts of local fire departments. About a half dozen fires have burned from Falmouth to Brewster in the first half of August, alone.
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As part of a major climate bill passed last week, an Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, the state will launch a pilot program in 10 communities that prevents any gas hookups or oil or propane tanks from being included in new buildings or major renovation projects.
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To bring the toads back to Falmouth, Mass Audubon started by collecting tadpoles from another site. Then the organization enlisted local children, who helped release 40,000 young spadefoots into the wild.
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Invited guests from southeastern Massachusetts included state legislators and Cheryl Andrews-Matais, chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah.
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The study offers a first-of-its-kind breakdown of the public health consequences from air pollution on a town-by-town basis.
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For the first time, the native Blazing Star will be planted in Edgartown as part of coastal habitat restoration. The plant attracts bees and butterflies.
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Students in attendance tasked with answering a mock question in front of a mock select board: Should historic Route 6A in Sandwich be turned into canals – a la Venice, Italy – to accommodate rising sea levels?
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Erosion, sea level rise, and more intense and frequent storms have threatened the original lot, which has shrunk in recent years to hold about 500 parking spaces, a beach administration building, and a gazebo, prompting the town to develop a managed retreat plan.
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More than 100 volunteers hand-planted 20,000 stems of beach grass along an 800-foot stretch of Lobsterville Beach last week. By using this all-natural defense against erosion, the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe hopes to protect its homelands on Martha’s Vineyard from the impacts of climate change.