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“As seas rise, cities and towns could go broke trying to maintain their roads and bridges and other infrastructure,” said Ruppert. “It’s just that simple. And legal decisions like this one could make that day come sooner because they take
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“Geuze compared sea-level rise to other transformative catastrophes, such as the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, a partly man-made natural disaster that profoundly changed the geography of America and also expanded the role government plays in ensuring the long-term welfare of even the most vulnerable people. “We’re going to need a new New Deal,” Geuze argued. “It is going to require a rethinking of the social contract between governments and citizens.”
― The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
― The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
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