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Report: Climate Change Threatens Transport Systems in US Coastal Areas

By admin • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Environmental Policy, Featured, Global Warming, Green Transport, Life

Rising sea levels and surges from intensifying storms pose a growing threat to the nation’s roads, railways, harbors and airports, according to a new report from the National Research Council. The federally funded study calls on government and industry planners to start factoring climate change into transportation system design.One hundred thousand kilometers of U.S. coastal […]