A plan to build a concrete berm within the village’s dune to curb erosion has divided residents along lines that reveal deeper forces remaking rural Japan: climate change, aging populations and ...

Dave Lutz says that's the case on northbound Route 248 in Palmer Township where a pharmacy entrance includes a new concrete berm.

Upcoming priorities for Richardson’s parks and recreation department could include replacing segments of concrete walking ...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

There are a few downsides to living in a berm house. You can't add on to it, as it is encased in an underground concrete shell, which doesn't take well to additions.

A worker surveying Katoku beach at the site of the planned concrete wall in the seaside village of Katoku, Japan, Sept. 21, 2021. A plan to build a concrete berm within the village’s dune to ...

Upcoming priorities for Richardson’s parks and recreation department could include replacing segments of concrete walking ...

But the plan to erect the concrete berm on the pristine beach, a vanishingly rare commodity in Japan, is not just about money or votes.