Sea levels along Massachusetts' South Coast are projected to rise over two feet by 2050. Here's what that means for the people who live there:
; this year's focuses on the 14 South Coast towns that border Narragansett Bay and Buzzards Bay.
"That's clearly not doable for a working port, it's not sustainable," said Cynthia Dittbrenner, director of Coast and Natural Resources at the Trustees of Reservations. The cities New Bedford and Fall River also have large environmental-justice populations — groups that face increased environmental risks because of language barriers, race or income — and while those residents aren't likely to get directly hit by flooding, their livelihoods could be. The Port of New Bedford, for instance, supports about 39,000 jobs and generates about $1.8 billion in total personal wages annually. If the port can't operate, those jobs go away.
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