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Jack Reed: “68 percent of the beaches in New England and the mid-Atlantic... are eroding on an average of 1.6 feet a year.”

On the recordApril 12, 2011
68 percent of the beaches in New England and the mid-Atlantic... are eroding on an average of 1.6 feet a year.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed highlights coastal erosion issues affecting Rhode Island.

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