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« Court overturns dismissal of police officer's conviction | Today | Driver's condition serious after I-95 car crash with truck » June 17, 2008Speakers warn of climate change's effect on R.I. coastScientists believe Rhode Island's coastal waters will be 2 to 5 feet higher by the end of this century, and the state is preparing to react to those changes. More than 150 people are attending a conference addressing climate change and its impact on Rhode Island's coast, behind held in The Towers at the seaside in Narragansett. Several speakers said that while the federal government has done little in response to climate change, states and communities are taking steps to inform the public and to prepare for the changes that will come. One attendee asked Kate Moran, a professor and associate dean at the University of Rhode Island's Bay Campus, what she thought of a survey that said more Americans now don’t believe in climate change or that humans are causing it. Her response: “That’s astounding. The rest of the world that reads newspapers with science in them gets it. Stop reading The Wall Street Journal editorials." -- Journal environment writer Peter B. Lord CORRECTION: Kate Moran's quote has been corrected. A previous post of this blog item included a quote incorrectly attributed to Moran in which she advocated reading Wall Street Journal editorials. Posted by Brandie Jefferson CommentsJerryC | June 17, 2008 2:55 PM link In the early 70s, Nova had a program on PBS that stated that the seas would rise one foot within 30 years--that was 38 years ago. I go down to the ocean, and I don't see any difference at all. Pardon my skepticism.... Julie | June 17, 2008 3:32 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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Dear Journal headline writers and editors, I know you are all very well educated. But PLEASE learn the correct use of English words! Your headline--"Speakers warn of climate change's affect on R.I. coast" Affect is a VERB. Effect is a NOUN!