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Climate Refugees Coming to America

November 28, 2008

Look out, North America, for a massive land rush of climate refugees.

by Dan Bloom

PORTLAND, OREGON (RUSHPRNEWS)11/28/08-- One of the most important news articles about the fate of humankind in regard to climate change and global warming appeared recently in the Oregonian newspaper in the Pacific Northwest, but the story was not picked up by any of the wire serives or other news outlets. Neither the Associated Press bureau in Portland nor the Reuters news service bureau in Oregon deemed the story important enough to pick up and put on their international wire services.

But Eric Mortenson's well-reported story should be ''must reading'' by anyone who cares about the future of humankind because his article is not only about Portland, Oregon; it is also about all other major cities and towns around the world, north and south, east and west.

When you read his article in the link below and when you see the word Portland, substitute the name of your city or town. Because this is the future. Mr. Mortenson deserves a Pulitzer Prize for this important report titled "Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land rush".

Read the first three paragraphs here and then go to the link for the full story.

Reporter Mortenson begins his story this way: "The prediction caused a collective grimace among the mayors, city councilors, engineers and planners in the audience. By 2060, a Metro economist said, the seven-county Portland area could grow to 3.85 million people -- nearly double the number here now. Then Ms. Lorna Stickel, a planner with the Portland Water Bureau, stood to ask a question: Does the population projection, she asked, account for the possibility of climate change refugees?"

"Brains have been spinning ever since. Because what if?"

"What if the American Southwest dries up, browns out, and those people now misting their patios in Arizona head to the still-green Pacific Northwest? What if Californians hit the road north in numbers far surpassing the 20,000 who now move to Oregon each year? What if the polar ice melts, oceans rise and millions living along coastal areas

-- or ravaged by Katrina-like storms -- have to move? What happens, Ms. Stickel later asks, as we become more attractive and other places become less attractive?"

source: Oregonian

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