Unfazed by a barrage of worldwide criticism and outright ridicule, the Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Committee yesterday approved a bill that restricts the use of scientific modeling to predict future sea-level rise.
Special Reports
Sea-Level Rise Debate May Move to Raleigh
The N.C. General Assembly may consider a bill that would prevent the state from planning for the higher seas that many scientists expect later this century as the climate warms.
CRC Nudges Closer Towards Policy on Sea-Level Rise
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission decided yesterday to turn its much debated draft policy on sea-level rise into a friendlier document designed to draw less ire.
Sea-Level Rise: The Onrushing Train
That’s the metaphor one scientist uses to describe a rising Atlantic Ocean that could dramatically alter the geography of the N.C. coast this century.
N.C. 12: Uncertain Future in Era of Rising Seas
Two severe cuts in N.C. 12 on Hatteras Island inflicted by Hurricane Irene were the most recent illustrations of the road’s vulnerability to erosion and storm damage, renewing questions about the futility of fixing such a vulnerable highway, especially in an era of a rapidly rising sea.