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=====These wild lands in California and the West may soon get federal protection===== | ===== Fighting coastal erosion with a "shockingly" simple solution, and it actually works ===== | ||
[https://www.earth.com/news/fighting-coastal-erosion-with-a-shockingly-simple-solution-and-it-actually-works/ by Eric Ralls 20/6/25 earth.com] | |||
Now, engineers have found that a trickle of electricity – just a couple of volts, about what a toy flashlight uses – can lock loose coastal sand into a rock-like mass. | |||
===== These wild lands in California and the West may soon get federal protection ===== | |||
[https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2020-12-10/congress-is-on-the-cusp-of-protecting-1-million-acres-of-western-wilderness-boiling-point LA Times SAMMY ROTHSTAFF DEC. 10, 20206 AM] | [https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2020-12-10/congress-is-on-the-cusp-of-protecting-1-million-acres-of-western-wilderness-boiling-point LA Times SAMMY ROTHSTAFF DEC. 10, 20206 AM] | ||
But that’s not the end of the story. There are still legions of activists working to get the bill across the finish line. They’ll keep at it when the next Congress is seated in January, with an eye toward protecting 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. | But that’s not the end of the story. There are still legions of activists working to get the bill across the finish line. They’ll keep at it when the next Congress is seated in January, with an eye toward protecting 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. | ||
