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Trump, Climate Change and Delmarva

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The stakes could be high for Delmarva when it comes to the effects of climate change in the wake of the election of Donald Trump to the White House.

The Republican has declared climate change “a hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese.

On the peninsula great efforts have gone into plans for dealing with the loss of coastline.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that the three states have serious vulnerable areas ranging from the wetlands along the Delaware Bay Shore and the Chesapeake Bay to Virginia’s coastal barrier islands.

But there are skeptics like Delaware State Representative Richard Collins from Millsboro who supported Trump.

He told the News Journal that he wants the government to leave him alone.  

Meanwhile, Joanne Cabry is chair of the Board of Directors of the Center for the Inland Bays in Delaware.

She told the paper that she was concerned about what the Sussex County Council will do without the restraint of the federal government. 

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.