Climate Change
South Carolina Court Weighs What Residents Call ‘Chaotic’ Coastal Adaptation Standards
Residents want to build more beach protections, and environmental advocates raise fears that construction could damage a national estuary reserve.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals is weighing a request to stop the construction of three erosion control structures called groins on Debidue Beach, 60 miles north of Charleston, based on arguments that they could damage a critical estuarine reserve.
South Carolina Court Weighs What Residents Call ‘Chaotic’ Coastal Adaptation Standards