Seawalls. Hotel lobbies designed to flood. Raising roads. Installing pumps to suck floodwater underground. Miami-area politicians have undertaken a smorgasbord of projects designed to mitigate the effects of climate-change and sea-level-rise in America's most ocean-vulnerable city.
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| Only massive carbon cuts will save Miami. |
But a massive federal report on climate change leaked to the New York Times today should serve as a grim reminder for every South Floridian: The report warns that unless the world unites to drastically cut back carbon emissions, the earth will continue to warm, and the good intentions of Miami politicians will inevitably get sucked into the sea.
Read the story from the Miami New Times - “Leaked Climate Change Report Warns Only Massive Carbon Cuts Will Save Miami.”
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