The 2012 H.B. 819 law in the US state of North Carolina , currently braced for the passage of Hurricane Florence , effectively ordered local agencies to adopt coastal policies that ignored scientific evidence indicating an acceleration in sea level rises , according to an article in the New York Times . A 2010 report indicated that sea levels could rise by up to 39 inches by 2100 . However , some coastal interests argued that the results could not be validated and that their use in policy decisions could have “ a negative impact on coastal economies ” .
The 2012 H.B. 819 law in the US state of North Carolina, currently braced for the impact of Hurricane Florence, effectively ordered local agencies to adopt coastal policies that ignored scientific models indicating an acceleration in sea level rises, according to an article in the New York Times. A 2010 report estimated that sea levels could rise by up to 39 inches by 2100. However, some business interests argued that the results could not be validated and that their use in policy decisions could have “a negative impact on coastal economies”.