What Will Be Left Of Our Coasts, After Climate Change?

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August 04, 2021

This is the Radio Boston rundown for August 4, 2021. Tiziana Dearing is our host.

We check in on this year's State of the Coast report, detailing the climate crisis facing Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The major takeaway: things are bad. Possibly even worse than we previously thought. By 2050, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and surrounding islands could lose 4.6 billion dollars in homes, businesses and infrastructure to climate change.
As the race for mayor heats up in Boston, a major focus is wealth inequality, and how housing impacts the racial wealth gap. We hear the latest from WBUR's Anthony Brooks, and get analysis from Leslie Reid, the CEO of the Madison Park Development Corporation, a community development organization in Roxbury.
In advance of our WBUR/WCVB/Boston Globe/UMass Boston debate on September 9, we're inviting each of the major Boston mayoral candidates to make their case to our listeners. Today, we speak with Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu.

This program aired on August 4, 2021.