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Rising seas shift bay agency's mission
2013-01-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: Leadership changes in regional agencies rarely attract attention, so it wasn't a big story last year when new people stepped into the top two posts at the Bay Conservation and Development Commission. But this is an era when the commission's original reason for being - to keep vast portions of San Francisco Bay from being filled by subdivisions and land-hungry local governments - is less of a threat than the rising sea levels that almost certainly lie ahead. This ecological shift demands a response,...
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