Legislators Ban Phrase "Sea Level Rise"

*North Carolina's senators, however, have tried to stop state-funded researchers from releasing similar reports. The law approved by the senate on 12 June banned scientists in state agencies from using exponential extrapolation to predict sea-level rise, requiring instead that they stick to linear projections based on historical data.

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[joshua12345a]

FACT: republicans are fuckin retarted and getting dumber

[dracohalo117]

I am hoping when the sea level does rise it washes away the idiots who passed that legislation...

[wndw2000]

I live in North Carolina :(

[dlucas90]

Al Gore's beachfront mansion in California is going to be underwater? Well serves him right for having such a big carbon foot print. Oh wait, maybe the water wont rise in the west coast?