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On the recordDecember 7, 2015
If you expect the agreement at Paris to end the tidal flooding in Miami Beach, you are going to be waiting a long time.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Skepticism about the Paris Agreement's impact on flooding in Miami.

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