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 OBrien stood before the wintery gray waters of Puget Sound and pointed to a large map of the Seattle shoreline.
OBrien said the effects of climate change will hit Seattle right where it hurts: the industrial...