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Stan Riggs

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Prominent Coastal Geologist Quits Science Advisory Panel

Elizabeth Friend

A prominent member of a science advisory panel of the Coastal Resources Commission has resigned.Stan Riggs says he's no longer willing to fight what he...
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Scientist Quits Coastal Panel; Says Politics Made It Ineffective

David Boraks

A geologist with decades of expertise in climate change and coastal erosion has resigned from the state science advisory panel he helped found. Stan Riggs says politics have made the panel "ineffective."