Thank you Nel Ward for passing this on:
“Sea level rise” is a “left-wing” term, according to one Virginian lawmaker. Thus the results of a state-commissioned $50,000 study on economic impacts of Virginia’s coastal flooding will use the term “recurrent flooding” and eliminate the terms “climate change” and “sea level rise” when it states that the sea level will go up over 5 feet by the end of the century. Virginia has the highest level of advancing sea water on the East Coast.
Coastal Virginia cities are spending millions of dollars because of advancing seas. Norfolk alone pays $6 million every year because of the flooding in up to 10% of the city’s low-lying neighborhoods. The federal government is also spending hundreds of millions of dollars to replace piers at the Norfolk naval base. To stop negative economic impacts on Virginia’s coastal areas from regulations, a state senate committee has approved a bill that stops state agencies from draft development rules using estimates of advancing sea levels.
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