Department or Program
Environmental Studies
Abstract
Climate change has become a movement that can no longer be rejected in the public sphere as a hoax or an insignificant scientific calculation. In 2011, the General Assembly of North Carolina reviewed a bill presented by State Senator Patricia McElraft and NC-20, an economic development group consisting of members from the 20 coastal counties, to limit the future study and research of sea level rise in the costal regions of North Carolina. By scrutinizing the legislative literature in the House Bill 819, I hope to expose the rhetorical language that is used to hide the actual objective of NC-20, being economic profit at the expense of the coastal environment.
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First Advisor
Holly Ewing
Date of Graduation
Fall 12-2013
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Recommended Citation
Smith, Camille K., "Implications of the Rising Sea Level on the Coast of North Carolina: An Analysis of the Political and Rhetorical Responses" (2013). Standard Theses. 35.
https://scarab.bates.edu/envr_studies_theses/35
Number of Pages
32
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