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NC Considers Making Sea Level Rise Illegal
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 31, 2012 01:17pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Scott Huler |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a story first discussed by the NC Coastal Federation and given more play May 29 by the News & Observer of Raleigh and its sister paper the Charlotte Observer, a group of legislators from 20 coastal NC counties whose economies will be most affected by rising seas have legislated the words “Nuh-unh!” into the NC Constitution.
Okay, cheap shot alert. Actually all they did was say science is crazy. There is virtually universal agreement among scientists that the sea will probably rise a good meter or more before the end of the century, wreaking havoc in low-lying coastal counties. So the members of the developers’ lobbying group NC-20 say the sea will rise only 8 inches, because … because … well, SHUT UP, that’s because why. |
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