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Dade County Needs 50-year Sea Level Rise Plan, Democrat’s Letter Urges

November 3, 2015

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In recent months, Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Gimenez has been facing mounting pressure from environmentalists to do more to prepare the county for the inevitable rise of sea levels. So far, Gimenez has listened. In September, he passed an almost $500,000-year budget to tackle sea level rise and to hire a chief resiliency officer to take the lead.