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Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works are coming to the shores of Narragansett Bay to discuss how climate change is affecting the Bay.

The briefing, open to the public, will be chaired by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and include testimony from a host of local scientists, including Kate Moran, the director of the Marine Geomechanics Lab at the University of Rhode Island; Jon Boothroyd, the state geologist and a URI professor; and John Torgan, Narragansett baykeeper with Save the Bay.

"Left unchecked, climate change will affect every community in every nation on earth, altering our Ocean State - and the entire world - in ways we are only beginning to understand," Whitehosue said in a statement, "and coastal communities will be among those at greatest risk."

The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. at the URI Bay Campus, Corliss Auditorium on South Ferry Road in Narragansett.

 Tags  environment Narragansett Bay Senate Sheldon Whitehouse

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Woody said:

Would someone please ask the esteemed junior senator from Rhode Island for detailed sources for his claims? Putting forward dooms-day scenarios as something to be concerned about without facts to back them up is wreckless.

Link | August 21, 2008 12:08 PM
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