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An Entire New Jersey Town Considers Elevating Itself To Escape Future Storms | ThinkProgress

City officials estimate the cost of elevating the town 8 to 11 feet would range from $150 to $200 million — in comparison to the $574 million the real estate is valued at post-Sandy, according to assessment records. Stephen Szulecki, head of the municipality’s Environmental Commission, thinks going several feet higher would be worthwhile, given the threat of sea-level rise from climate change

Science Committee Congressman: Global Warming a 'Fraud' to 'Create Global Government' | The Nation

ROHRBACHER: Just so you know, global warming is a total fraud and it is being designed by—what you’ve got is you’ve got liberals who get elected at the local level want state government to do the work and let them make the decisions. Then, at the state level, they want the federal government to do it. And at the federal government, they want to create global government to control all of our lives. That’s what the game plan is. It’s step by step by step, more and bigger control over our lives by higher levels of government. And global warming is that strategy in spades.… Our freedom to make our choices on transportation and everything else? No, that’s gotta be done by a government official who, by the way, probably comes from Nigeria because he’s a UN government official, not a US government official.