Reporter
Inés Duarte
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Port Avalon council approves emergency flood levy after marathon session
The 7–4 vote, just after midnight, adds an average of $14 a month to household bills to fund seawall repairs before winter storms.
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Watch: storm surge batters Port Avalon’s eastern seawall
Waves overtopped the seawall for the second time this year. Engineers say the structure is near the end of its life.
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The vanishing coastline
A photographer spent a year on the Avalon coast, documenting a shoreline that is retreating by up to two meters a year.
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Paris plans “cool islands” in every neighborhood as summers get hotter
Schoolyards will open as shaded public parks on hot days under a citywide plan.
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Data centers want the old power plant site. Neighbors want a park
Two proposals for the 40-acre waterfront site go before the planning commission next month.
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Offshore wind farm will power 400,000 homes, developers say
Construction on the 62-turbine project begins next spring, 25 kilometers offshore.
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Refinery agrees to cut flaring after residents documented hundreds of events
A neighborhood group logged 312 flaring events in a year using phone cameras.
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Reservoir falls to its lowest level in 30 years
The water authority is asking residents to cut outdoor watering by half.