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Obama Orders Rising Seas Built In to Building Standards
2015-01-31 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Flood risk from sea level rise brought about by climate change will have to be factored into the building standards of any new and rebuilt federally funded construction project, including those built by local governments receiving federal money, according to an executive order President Obama issued Friday. The order requires projects funded by the government to adopt tighter construction standards so that scientific projections for how climate change could affect flooding in a given area can...
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