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NC Senate panel rejects sea level rise warning
Last edited Sat Jun 9, 2012, 05:24 PM - Edit history (1)
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20120607/APN/1206070885[font face=Serif][font size=5]NC Senate panel rejects sea level rise warning[/font]
By ALLEN REED
Associated Press
Published: Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 5:15 p.m.
[font size=3]A much mocked proposal to ignore scientists' warnings of rising sea levels is moving ahead in the North Carolina Senate.
The Senate's environment committee on Thursday approved a measure sought by coastal developers and mocked by comedian Stephen Colbert. The full Senate was expected to vote Monday on whether to ignore a state-appointed science panel's warning that sea levels could rise by more than three feet by 2100. That could threaten 2,000 square miles of coastland.
The bill approved by the senate committee says that only the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission can calculate how fast the sea is rising and those calculations must be based on historic trends, which are much lower than the science panel's projections.
A coastal development group, NC-20, disputes the science panel's findings and they say the state should instead plan for seas to rise by about eight inches. They say stricter regulations would hurt the coastal economy.
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By ALLEN REED
Associated Press
Published: Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 5:15 p.m.
[font size=3]A much mocked proposal to ignore scientists' warnings of rising sea levels is moving ahead in the North Carolina Senate.
The Senate's environment committee on Thursday approved a measure sought by coastal developers and mocked by comedian Stephen Colbert. The full Senate was expected to vote Monday on whether to ignore a state-appointed science panel's warning that sea levels could rise by more than three feet by 2100. That could threaten 2,000 square miles of coastland.
The bill approved by the senate committee says that only the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission can calculate how fast the sea is rising and those calculations must be based on historic trends, which are much lower than the science panel's projections.
A coastal development group, NC-20, disputes the science panel's findings and they say the state should instead plan for seas to rise by about eight inches. They say stricter regulations would hurt the coastal economy.
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http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/414796/june-04-2012/the-word---sink-or-swim
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Of course, his was a statement to illustrate a monarchy's lack of power against nature. It seems NC Senate puts themselves above a monarchy.
I love this story because it brilliantly illustrates the ignorance and unbridled hubris of the Republicans. The fact that it is getting press is delicious. The more, the better.
