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On the recordNovember 1, 2023
I think we are very much interested in looking at, in addition, how much of this additional warming is going to drive sea level in the short term and what types of measures can we take to really work to constrain the upper limit on sea level rise in addition to just talking about temperature, what can we do to really drive a cap on how much we're willing to accommodate in additional rise in sea level and as it impacts our infrastructure.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse emphasizes the need to address sea level rise and its infrastructure impacts.

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