Interior Chief: Jamestown at Risk from Rising Seas

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By Associated PressJun 8, 2014, 1:54 pm139 pts
JAMESTOWN, Virginia (AP) — Jamestown Island, America’s oldest known permanent European settlement runs the risk of being swept away by rising seas, with some sections of it already beneath the James River. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell got a firsthand look Thursday at the effect of climate change on…

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