AOC: All Three Major NYC Airports Are Projected To Be Flooded by 2080

Ocasio Cortez In my ░░░░░░░░ community in the United ░░░░░░░░ in New York City ░░░░░░░░ three major airports servicing ░░░░░░░░ world s most complex ░░░░░░░░ space are projected to ░░░░░░░░ flooded in part or ░░░░░░░░ by 2080 That has ░░░░░░░░ our current trajectory and ░░░░░░░░ for optimism in our ░░░░░░░░ Through the fault of ░░░░░░░░ cognitive bias which lulls ░░░░░░░░ into discounting the value ░░░░░░░░ our future the year ░░░░░░░░ seems like an abstraction ░░░░░░░░ if I were to ░░░░░░░░ a child in the ░░░░░░░░ few years he she ░░░░░░░░ they will have to ░░░░░░░░ with a world where ░░░░░░░░ of our most precious ░░░░░░░░ infrastructure goes underwater or ░░░░░░░░ most staple and widely ░░░░░░░░ crops struggle to grow ░░░░░░░░ feed our population Even ░░░░░░░░ we don t want ░░░░░░░░ think about our children ░░░░░░░░ can think about ourselves ░░░░░░░░ 2030 according to researchers ░░░░░░░░ the University of Washington ░░░░░░░░ and the University of ░░░░░░░░ quote Seawater is likely ░░░░░░░░ submerge some 4000 miles ░░░░░░░░ Internet cable in the ░░░░░░░░ States and engulf more ░░░░░░░░ a 1000 data centers ░░░░░░░░ house servers routers and ░░░░░░░░ hardware by the end ░░░░░░░░ this decade And that ░░░░░░░░ just in our privileged ░░░░░░░░ of some of the ░░░░░░░░ areas in the most ░░░░░░░░ nations in the world ░░░░░░░░ alone will not save ░░░░░░░░ And right now federal ░░░░░░░░ are failing to act ░░░░░░░░ United States to the ░░░░░░░░ of the world withdrew ░░░░░░░░ the Paris Agreement but ░░░░░░░░ that many of the ░░░░░░░░ actors in charge of ░░░░░░░░ of the most advanced ░░░░░░░░ wealthiest economies have withdrawn ░░░░░░░░ the agreement in action ░░░░░░░░ a single one is ░░░░░░░░ track to meet their ░░░░░░░░ goals.”