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What Climate Change Means For Seattle And The Northwest
Posted by Oregon Public Radio: None Given on January 15th, 2013
Oregon Public Radio: City officials predict that by 2050 parts of Seattle will be under water at high tide as global sea levels rise.
At a press conference held Monday on the edge of Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle the city council announced a new plan to take action on climate change.
Councilor Mike O’Brien stood before the wintery gray waters of Puget Sound and pointed to a large map of the Seattle shoreline.
O’Brien said the effects of climate change will hit Seattle right where it hurts: the industrial...