On Jersey Shore, Development Trumps Decades Of Warnings Before Sandy

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 On Jersey Shore, Development Trumps Decades Of Warnings Before Sandy SEA BRIGHT, N.J. -- Along the two-lane highway that threads this narrow spit of sand on the Jersey Shore, the Driftwood Cabana Club stands out as a monument to Hurricane Sandy's destruction. Storm-driven waves ripped one building in half. A surge of water tore another structure from its foundation, knocking it on its side. Texas Judge Halts Keystone XL Work PHOTOS: West Virginia Gas Line Explodes, Sends Flames Up To 75 Feet In The Air NOAA Forms Hurricane Sandy Review Team... Again How The Feds Let Industry Pollute The Nation's Underground Water Supply NY, 6 Other States Suing EPA Over Drilling Methane BLOG POSTS Con Slobodchikoff: 7 Bizarre Animal Languages (PHOTOS) Although some people prefer to think that language is solely the province of people, we are finding that more and more animal species have language in their own right. Ben Stein: Unleashing the Truth About Online Puppy Sales Over the past decade, the public has increasingly transitioned from buying their dogs in person to buying them online. The doggie on their browser looks to be an adorable, tail-wagging, well-cared-for puppy. And it couldn't be further from the truth. Jeff Biggers: Climate Shame: Four Years Later, Capitol Power Plant Still Burns Dirty Coal? If the U.S. Congress can't even move off its own use of dirty energy -- so symbolically small -- is it any wonder that the annual UN climate talks result in such pathetic action? Wallace J Nichols: Ocean Plastic's Impact on Wild Sea Turtles Our plastic footprint is on remote beaches, in isolated patches of ocean and in the stomachs of wild endangered animals. But there's nothing convenient about our future with plastic. We have a lot of work to do to reverse this mess. Neil Wagner: Climate Change Consensus Is Virtually Unanimous A recent analysis of papers appearing in peer-reviewed science journals shows published scientists to be virtually unanimous in their agreement that human-produced carbon dioxide emissions are a significant cause of global warming.

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