Rising Seas Are A Problem Across Party Lines

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October 26, 2015

Storm-damaged beachfront houses are shown in the Far Rockaways, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York, three months after Superstorm Sandy. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Thirty-five mayors and other local elected officials from coastal communities all over the country gathered in New Hampshire this weekend to talk about sea level rise. They came from both parties, and it wasn't an accident that they were meeting in the state that hosts the nation’s first primary. Sam Evans-Brown of Here & Now contributor New Hampshire Public Radio reports.

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Sam Evans-Brown, covers environmental and education issues at NHPR. He tweets @SamEB_NHPR.

This segment aired on October 26, 2015.