On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll discuss the impacts of climate change on California's coast line. Sea-level rise and storms could displace more than half a million people and cost $150 billion by the end of the century.
We'll also discuss the latest move by the Trump administration to weaken the landmark Endangered Species Act, which protects more than 1,600 plant and animal species.
Guests:
Rosanna Xia, environment reporter covering the California coastline for the Los Angeles Times
Rebecca Riley, legal director for the Nature Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council
Web Resources:
LA Times: The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim
NRDC: SAVE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
NY Times: U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act
Yale 360: Who Will Pay for the Huge Costs of Holding Back Rising Seas?