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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Carolina didn't like science on sea levels ... so passed a law against it
In 2012, the state whose low-lying coast lies in the path of Hurricane Florence reacted to a prediction of catastrophically rising seas by banning policies based on such forecasts
When North Carolina got bad news about what its coast could look like thanks to climate change, it chose to ignore it.
In 2012, the state now in the path of Hurricane Florence reacted to a prediction by its Coastal Resources Commission that sea levels could rise by 39in over the next century by passing a law that banned policies based on such forecasts.
The legislation drew ridicule, including a mocking segment by comedian Stephen Colbert, who said: If your science gives you a result you dont like, pass a law saying the result is illegal. Problem solved.
North Carolina has a long, low-lying coastline and is considered one of the US areas most vulnerable to rising sea levels.
More: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it?CMP=share_btn_fb
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North Carolina didn't like science on sea levels ... so passed a law against it (Original Post)
Quixote1818
Sep 2018
OP
The Republicans have survived for decades doing the exact opposite of public good.
joshcryer
Sep 2018
#4
Remember Cons, liebruhls say don't inhale burning Nike shoe fumes because science. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2018
#6
NC RepubliCONs will demand the Federal government pay them. Because they are not Puerto Rico.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2018
#5
Cha
(297,528 posts)1. I bet Gov Cooper is not too happy about that.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)2. The Atlantic Ocean...
is going to have a YUGE lawsuit on it's hands for breaking North Carolina's erosion laws! HA! That'll show science a thing or two!
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)3. You can't make this shit up. We're all living in 1984.
Either that or The Guardian now has a satire section.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)4. The Republicans have survived for decades doing the exact opposite of public good.
It has worked for them for so long that they can't help it.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)6. Remember Cons, liebruhls say don't inhale burning Nike shoe fumes because science. . . . nt
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)7. Heh!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)5. NC RepubliCONs will demand the Federal government pay them. Because they are not Puerto Rico.
We know what that means.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)8. It means they're irresponsible thieves.
JohnnyRingo
(18,640 posts)9. ...and we can whip the horses eyes,
and he will sleep.
Literally willful ignorance of legislators.
Shoonra
(523 posts)10. Not to worry ......
The Governor of North Carolina assures me that any excess water will simply slosh over the edge.