Climate mitigation pays off, but it has to be put in place to work

PBN Staff

03/23/2018

WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN NEXT? The March 2010 floods showed that the effects of storms are felt not just on Rhode Island’s coastline, as the Pawtuxet River spilled well over its banks, inundating many homes and businesses, and disrupting lives. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

This week’s conclusion of a three-part series by PBN staff writer Eli Sherman on Rhode Island’s vulnerability to flooding and storm damage is sobering. The picture it paints, despite the evidence of sea-level rise and more frequent damaging storms, is one of avoidance, as in, people and businesses are just hoping that the worst doesn’t

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