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Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding

Inside Climate News · By Lauren Dalban · last updated
Planned programs to protect dunes and beaches on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens are eroded by broken promises from Trump’s EPA.

By Lauren Dalban

Adriana Jovanovic clambered cheerfully over the metal railing next to the dunes along Rockaway Beach. She landed in a patch of sand where she and her team, nicknamed the “dune squad,” had sown native roses and goldenrod among other native plants.