Hawaii's Waikiki Beach could soon be underwater because of climate change, according to a report. Lawmakers in the state are fighting to preserve it.
If recent climate reports about Hawaii are true, the Democratic legislator said, after she finishes high school, she may not be able to lie in the sun on Waikiki Beach the way generations before her could.For six years, Lee has been chairman of the state's Energy & Environmental Protection Committee, where he helped earn the state a reputation as a model for how to bridge the political divide and deal with climate change.
"Leading the nation in fighting climate changeAs a set of islands in the Pacific, and with an economy that relies on beach tourism, Hawaii is uniquely vulnerable to the threat of rising sea levels, higher tides, and stronger storm surges wrought by global climate change.But lawmakers have been taking action. Lee said this latest measure is a logical next step in a series of bills the state has enacted over the past five years, which included two key acts in 2015.
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