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When Climate Science Clashes With Real-World Policy
2015-04-12 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: When a San Francisco panel began mulling rules about building public projects near changing shorelines, its self-described science translator, David Behar, figured he would just turn to the U.N.'s most recent climate assessment for guidance on future sea levels. He couldn't. Nor could Behar, leader of the city utility department's climate program, get what he needed from a 2012 National Research Council report dealing with West Coast sea level rise projections. A National Climate Assessment...
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