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FEMA's climate change denial
2013-03-31 12:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star-Ledger: To the mountain of difficulties facing New Jersey families after Hurricane Sandy, add one more: the federal government`s unwillingness to help them predict the impact of climate change over the next several decades. The flood maps drawn up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency do not consider the rising sea levels or increasing frequency of big storms that scientists predict. "Right now, we don`t do that," says Dave Miller, who runs FEMA`s flood insurance program. "Do the new maps reflect...
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