Will you chip in $10 to elect a Congressman who will address the climate crisis in Maryland? secure.actblue.com/donate/2105-q2-dh?refcode=210611-email

Team,

Parts of Dorchester County are disappearing, and that should be a warning to us all.

As recently reported in the Baltimore Sun, rising water levels in the history-rich Eastern Shore county on the Chesapeake are threatening communities along the bay and its tributaries, including Hoopers Island. Models suggest the bay will rise by more than two feet in the next 30 years — enough to put most of the southern half of Dorchester under water — and close to 4 feet by 2100. While the Chesapeake has been slowly eating away at its shores throughout history, climate change is accelerating the tide. Experts say the confrontation with rising water caused by climate change is coming more quickly than just about anywhere else on the East Coast.

“When you’re watching your backyard wash into the Chesapeake Bay, we’re not talking about the philosophies of climate change anymore,” said an official of an organization trying to preserve Eastern Shore communities and the quality of life. “We’re talking about public safety now.”

It's not just property that’s lost as the water rises. It’s value, land and businesses that have been in families for generations, regional economies, history, and the waterman and agricultural cultures that have defined the communities along the Chesapeake and the Eastern Shore for centuries.

We can slow the rising tides and reduce their impact. We can elevate buildings and roadways, develop defenses, manage coastal erosion and flooding, and even make tough decisions to relocate homes and facilities. We can also reduce the impact of climate change through renewable forms of energy that will lead to a net-zero carbon emissions future.

But we need to make the investments in infrastructure and in clean energy research and development now.

America has a bipartisan history of building big infrastructure at a time of national crisis. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln connected the nation and secured a century of progress by launching the transcontinental railroad. Franklin D. Roosevelt launched the Works Progress Administration that built the roads, dams, airports and water systems to help America climb out of the Great Depression. Eisenhower championed the interstate highway system during the height of the Cold War to open unprecedented American travel, trade and prosperity in the late 20th Century.

Now is our time. Tackling climate change and renewing our infrastructure is our opportunity. Like Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower before, President Biden can seize the future by building the infrastructure, innovating the technology, securing energy independence, and unlocking talent and capital for generations to come.

Congress just needs to act.

I will act. Send me to Washington by giving $10 today! secure.actblue.com/donate/2105-q2-dh?refcode=210611-email

Sincerely,

Dave


 

 

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