Comments on: A new breed of environmentalism http://www.scienceline.org/2008/01/09/a-new-breed-of-environmentalism/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:25:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marlene http://www.scienceline.org/2008/01/09/a-new-breed-of-environmentalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Marlene Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:19:24 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2008/01/09/a-new-breed-of-environmentalism/#comment-1299 Our urban wetland areas were contorted and developed in an industrial erea--primarily because of their transportation advantages. Now industrial brownfields at the water's edge, we look to re-development at a time of global warming that will bring rising seas. If we no longer can use these places for their transportation advantages, then it is time we engineer these re-developed water front lands with the goal of putting them back into service of nature--storm water management, CO2 control, habitat for protection of life. Is it time for some Federal Waterfront/wetlands policy? What of the local civic structures and waterfront policy? Is the Army Corp useful for addressing these issues? Our urban wetland areas were contorted and developed in an industrial erea–primarily because of their transportation advantages. Now industrial brownfields at the water’s edge, we look to re-development at a time of global warming that will bring rising seas.

If we no longer can use these places for their transportation advantages, then it is time we engineer these re-developed water front lands with the goal of putting them back into service of nature–storm water management, CO2 control, habitat for protection of life.

Is it time for some Federal Waterfront/wetlands policy? What of the local civic structures and waterfront policy? Is the Army Corp useful for addressing these issues?

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