UMass Boston Report: Boston Harbor Barrier Costs Would Outweigh Benefits

A new independent report released today by the Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston found a harbor barrier strategy to be technically impractical and less effective, dollar for dollar, than continued investment in shore-based coastal protection solutions such as those described in the City’s Climate Ready Boston plans.

→Source: UMass Boston News
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Boston Harbor For All Summit – The Mayors’ Perspective

Join Boston Harbor Now and public, private, and nonprofit partners for a two-event, interactive series addressing our harbor’s opportunities and most urgent challenges, with a focus on how we can work together to move key policies and projects from planning to action.

Date: May 24, 2018
Location: New England Aquarium, Downtown
More Information: bostonharbornow.org/bostonharborforall

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East Boston: A Coastal Community

When’s the last time you got in the water at the Boston Harbor? For some East Boston residents, the answer may be never. On today’s show, we’re talking about how as a coastal community, East Boston can better connect it’s residents to the water that surrounds it.

→Source: What's up Eastie?
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Viewpoint: As Weather Warms, Don’t Lose Urgency About Seaport Resiliency

With temperatures rising and skies brightening, we’re heading toward peak season for Harbor activity. As people flock to the waterfront—winter storms a distant memory—it’s critical we maintain urgency around resiliency planning.

→Source: Boston Business Journal
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How Should Boston Fund its Future?

We often take for granted the network of roads and rails, water and sewer lines, and the green infrastructure of open spaces, flood defenses, and a clean electric grid. These features form the structural framework that makes our society work, but they’re not working so well in Boston, and the city can do more to address the problem.

→Source: The Boston Globe
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Sea Change: Is Boston Climate Ready?

First released in late 2016, the City’s “Climate Ready Boston” Report, is an ongoing, predictive study of the city’s structural vulnerabilities and, many hope, a plan for crafting new, long-term solutions.

→Source: WCVB Chronicle
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Testimony at Boston City Council Hearing on Coastal Flooding

Jill Valdes Horwood, director of policy for Boston Harbor Now, testified at the May 29, 2018, Boston City Council hearing on coastal flooding.

→Source: Boston Harbor Now
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Capital Improvement: Trustees in Boston – Then and Now

Rapid urban development back in Eliot’s day sparked the young conservationist’s desire to create an organization [The Trustees] that could preserve swaths of nature. And now, as Boston’s building boom continues, particularly along the waterfront, The Trustees feels the same imperative to foster healthy refreshment, recreation, and a connection with the land through preservation within the capital.

→Source: The Trustees
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Boston’s Ad Hoc Planning Doesn’t Work with Climate Change

The ad hoc system of private deals and negotiations that defines Boston’s development process is particularly unsuited to addressing the threats of climate change.

→Source: The Boston Globe
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Two Instances of Once-In-A-Generation Floods Leave Many Questioning Region Preparedness

With two monster storms causing once-in-a-generation flooding eight weeks apart, what exactly is the city of Boston doing to address these environmental?

→Source: WGBH Greater Boston
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