Climate change predictions are banned in @North Carolina for purposes of setting public policy. The GOP-controlled state legislature after promoters of coastal development attacked a science panel’s prediction that the sea would rise 39 inches higher in North Carolina by the end of this century, the General Assembly passed a law in 2012 to put a four-year moratorium on any state rules, plans or policies based on expected changes in the sea level. The law sets guidelines under which the Coastal Resources Commission, a development policy board for the 20 coastal counties, will formulate a new sea-level prediction to serve as the official basis for state planners and regulators. However the General Assembly did balance that moratorium by enacting common-sense public policy like banning Sharia law and the public display of nipples while legalizing possum dropping. See newsobserver/2014/03/15/3702235/while-the-seas-rise-science-waits.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:02:23 +0000
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