Brunswick News | Ga. agency eases rules on development near marsh Anderson Independent Mail SAVANNAH, Ga. — The state Environmental Protection Division will no longer require developers to keep a 25-foot construction buffer from the edge of some coastal salt marshes, and the decision has Georgia conservation groups in an uproar. Georgia environmental agency eases marsh protection rule Enviornmentalists riled by marsh buffer changes Environmentalists blast Ga. agency for easing restrictions on development next ... |
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ReplyDeleteSelecting Carbon Storage as a healthy ocean goal was easy. We have scientific consensus that too much CO2 in the atmosphere is causing Earth to heat up. Citizens, coastal dwellers, farmers, governments, businesses, insurance companies and others are experiencing climate change first-hand in the form of sea level rise, intense storms, floods, droughts, heat waves and other costly effects. Safeguarding any habitats that absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it away for long periods is clearly a priority.
Focusing on the ecosystems existing along the oceans shores was more promising, because three coastal ecosystems---mangrove forests, salt marshes and seagrass beds----are remarkably good at storing carbon for centuries or even millennia if they are left undisturbed.