📢NEW: A UCS analysis shows that nearly 3 million people living along US coastlines can expect some of the critical infrastructure in their communities – from schools and fire stations to power and wastewater treatment plants -- to flood twice or more per year between by 2050. Over half of at-risk infrastructure serves communities bearing the burdens of historical and ongoing racism, discrimination, and pollution.
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