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- Bloomberg releases proposal to protect NYC from climate change weather but why was one big idea rejected?
Brooklyn Navy Yard (PIX11) — New York City is built around an ocean harbor and its estuaries. Tens of thousands of its residents were flooded out by super storm Sandy. Global temperatures are rising, and ocean levels are doing so along with it.
June 12, 2013 - WPIX 11 New York - Nation + World
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks about the the city's long-term plans for dealing with climate change at the Brooklyn Navy Yards in New York, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Bloomberg said, "Piece by piece, over many years and even decades, we can build a city that's capable of preparing better, withstanding more and overcoming anything."
June 12, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune - Bloomberg proposes $20 billion plan to protect New York City from storms, global warming
The proposal voiced during a speech at the Brooklyn Navy Yard follows new Bloomberg administration warnings that New York is vulnerable to climate change.
June 11, 2013 - The Post-Standard