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Stemming the Tide

Sea-level rise cannot be stopped, and our coasts will succumb whether we fight it or not (“Salt Strife,” June issue). The should write an exposé about the $15 billion boondoggle called the “Ike Dike” or “coastal barrier” that's being sold to Houstonians as our savior from

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