On the recordJuly 23, 2018
If you destroy coastal ecosystems, then what you end up having to do, as a city or a town, is essentially levy taxes to reconstitute those services that the ecosystem provides.
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Schatz warns about the economic consequences of damaging coastal ecosystems.
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