Guardian -When North Carolina got bad news about what its coast could look like thanks to climate change, it chose to ignore it.
In 2012, the state now in the path of Hurricane Florence reacted to a prediction by its Coastal Resources Commission that sea levels could rise by 39in over the next century by passing a law that banned policies based on such forecasts.
North Carolina has a long, low-lying coastline and is considered one of the US areas most vulnerable to rising sea levels. Sign up to receive the top US stories every morning
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