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A Ravaged Quebec Coast Fights Climate Change by Retreating

PERCE, Quebec (AP) — Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat. Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water’s edge …

Alaska Residents Battle River Erosion on Their Own

People living near the Mendenhall River, in Alaska, are addressing bank erosion on their own after a federal plan fell through. At least eight Mendenhall Valley homeowners who live on Meander Way are pursuing some kind of solution to protect …