Sen. Warren: ‘Our Naval Bases Are Under Attack, Not By Enemy Ships, But By Rising Seas’

‘Our coasts are threatened by furious storm surges that can sweep away homes and devastate even our largest cities’

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WARREN: “But the rest of us can’t ignore the facts. Our planet is getting hotter. The last 16 years were all among the hottest 17 years on record, and our seas are rising at an alarming rate. Our coasts are threatened by furious storm surges that can sweep away homes and devastate even our largest cities. Our economically disadvantaged communities, too often situated in low line floodplains, are one bad storm away from destruction. Our naval bases are under attack, not by enemy ships, but by rising seas. Our food supplies and forests are threatened by droughts and wildfires that are becoming so common across the country that they barely even make the evening news. The effects of man-made climate change are all around us and things will only continue to get worse at an accelerating pace if we don’t do something about it." 

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