Tuesday, July 02, 2013

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Ocean temperatures are rising and we’re feeling it here in New York state”

Governor: We must prepare infrastructure for changing climate
KEENE -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he has no doubt man-made global warming is real and all levels of government must invest in more robust infrastructure to deal with the uptick of extreme weather events.
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“I understand budgets are tight, but we can’t be short-sighted either,” Cuomo said, adding people too often “politicize” climate change while avoiding the supporting hard science. “Ocean temperatures are rising and we’re feeling it here in New York state.”
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This whole challenge of extreme weather isn’t something we’ve ever been through before,” he said.

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