Tuesday Top of the Scroll: Focus on COVID might hamper state’s push against rising sea
The state will suffer dire long-term consequences if lawmakers set aside concerns about rising seas to focus solely on COVID-19, the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office warned Monday. Sea level rise will likely put at least $8 billion in property underwater by 2050, and could affect tens of thousands of jobs and billions in gross domestic product, according to studies cited by the office. Sea level rise and related flooding and erosion … also pose threats to water treatment plants, roads, marinas, ports and railways.
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