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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsN.C. to sea level forecasters: Ignore climate change data for now
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-na-nn-north-carolina-climate-change-predictions-20120703,0,6344302.storyBy David Zucchino
6:28 p.m. CDT, July 3, 2012
Scientists with a state commission in North Carolina will not be permitted to issue formal predictions of sea level rise based on climate change at least for the next four years.
After enduring national ridicule for proposing a bill to outlaw any coastal sea level projections based on climate change data, the states Republican-controlled Legislature came up with a compromise Tuesday. Lawmakers effectively put the sea level debate on hold by asking for more studies but none that involve climate change.
The compromise legislation forbids the states Coastal Resources Commission from making any policies based on sea level change until at least July 2016.
The state House voted 68 to 46 on Tuesday for the measure, which was approved 40 to 1 by the state Senate on Monday. A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue, whose vetoes of three unrelated but equally controversial bills were overridden by the Legislature this week, said she had not decided whether to veto the sea level bill.
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N.C. to sea level forecasters: Ignore climate change data for now (Original Post)
NNN0LHI
Jul 2012
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raccoon
(31,118 posts)1. Such blatant denial boggles the mind. nt
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)2. Also approved by NC Republicans
closing your eyes, plugging your ears and yelling LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)3. and a note forest rangers..
If large plumes of smoke appear, they are to be reported as big ole puffy clouds
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)4. As the last climate-change denier
floats over the horizon, we'll be waving from the shrunken shoreline with shouts of "Good luck, you benighted idiots. Hope your 'Waterworld' works out for ya."
Darwin will have been proven right once again.