Sea level rise will make it harder for more than 60 million people in the United States to flush their toilets.
A major UN report released this week shows the sea level is rising around the globe, which means people who live in coastal cities face real risks from losing their property, and in some cases their live, to the rising ocean and the intense storms these warmer waters bring.
And it will make it harder for more than 60 million people in the United States to flush their toilets. Trump's failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanityAbout 1 in 5 US households rely on septic systems, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. It's a type of sanitary system that has worked since ancient Egyptian times, but the climate crisis and septic systems don't mix, studies show.
"We have to act and we have to act with speed," Sosa said."But if we don't get funding assistance it's going to be impossible to do."Politically, Sosa said it may be hard to find the money for this, but, she said the county's future depends on it. "We don't need people saying 'We don't go to Miami-Dade County, because look at the problems they have with the sewer system.
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