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      Brighter Bites seeking to bring vegetables and healthy eating habits to SWFL families

      Brighter Bites seeking to bring vegetables and healthy eating habits to SWFL families

      Backroom Briefing: State spending more than advertised

      Court backs state in felons’ rights fight

      Cop car lights

      Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by car

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      Fort Myers woman charged in apartment complex shooting

      In this April 13, 2018, photo, a Southwest Airlines plane taxis at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Southwest Airlines Co. reports earns on Thursday, April 26, 2018

      Bookings for Southwest fall after fatal accident

      This Jan. 24, 2012, file photo shows a plate of butternut Caesar salad with Romaine lettuce and roasted cubes of butternut squash.

      E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grows to 84 cases

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        In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, then-President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West pose for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.

        Trump says rapper Kanye West has ‘good taste’ for liking him

        In this April 24, 2018, file photo, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a Senate office building after meeting individually with some members of the committee that would vet him for the post, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

        Ronny Jackson withdraws from consideration for VA chief

        In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington.

        Senate committee poised for vote on bill to protect Mueller

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        In this Wednesday, April 25, 2018, photo, auto technician Anthony Sterns, right, works to replace the coolant expansion tank on a 2011 BMW at the Fat City German Car service shop in Seattle.

        Should you fix up or break up with your car?

        In this April 13, 2018, photo, a Southwest Airlines plane taxis at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Southwest Airlines Co. reports earns on Thursday, April 26, 2018

        Bookings for Southwest fall after fatal accident

        This April 24, 2018 aerial photo shows construction progress on the MGM Casino complex in downtown Springfield, Mass., which is on track to open in August, a few weeks ahead of schedule.

        MGM sets August opening date for Massachusetts casino

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        Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash, left, removes relief pitcher Jonny Venters during the sixth inning of the team's baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Baltimore.

        LEADING OFF: Indians’ Miller out, Cubs’ Bryant could return

        Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, left, shoots as Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell defends during the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

        Westbrook scores 45; Thunder beat Jazz to avoid elimination

        Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw wipes his face after giving up a three-run home run to Miami Marlins' Miguel Rojas during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Los Angeles.

        Former substitute teacher bests Kershaw, Marlins top Dodgers

        This March 20, 2018, file photo shows running back Saquon Barkley catching a football during Penn State NFL football Pro Day in State College, Pa.

        Penn State’s Barkley is best talent, but QBs to lead draft

        Fns watch the Cleveland Indians against the Chicago Cubs game from Cleveland,on the scoreboard at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, during a rain delay before a scheduled baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April, 24, 2018.

        LEADING OFF: Acuna called up, Beltre strain, Cobb sees Rays

        In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 photo, Brewvino Owner and Manager Jordan Chronister talks about renovations that will be made following Brewvino, LLC.'s acquisition of Grandview Golf Club, in York, Pa.

        Black woman golfer: It was like we had targets on our backs

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        In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, then-President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West pose for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.

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        In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, comedian Patton Oswalt, left, and his wife Michelle McNamara arrive at the 17th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles.

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        In this Feb. 18, 1985 file photo, Prince performs at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

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        In this April 2018 photo provided by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Qatari-American artist Sophia Al-Maria poses for a portrait in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain.

        Qatari-American contemporary artist wins new $100,000 prize

        Town Crier Tony Appleton announces that the Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy outside the Lindo wing at St Mary's Hospital in London London, Monday, April 23, 2018.

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        In this Wednesday, April 25, 2018, photo, auto technician Anthony Sterns, right, works to replace the coolant expansion tank on a 2011 BMW at the Fat City German Car service shop in Seattle.

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        This Jan. 24, 2012, file photo shows a plate of butternut Caesar salad with Romaine lettuce and roasted cubes of butternut squash.

        E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grows to 84 cases

        Jennifer Parrott, a certified nurse practitioner, left, talks with a doctor about a patient at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Emergency Department, in Oklahoma City, in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 13, 2016.

        State names nine Medicaid health plans but challenges loom

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        In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia.

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      Climate decision could accelerate damage to Trump properties

      by Associated Press
      June 8, 2017
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      This Friday, June 2, 2017, frame from video shows Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.

      This Friday, June 2, 2017, frame from video shows Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

      AP LogoBY JASON DEAREN and ALEX SANZ

      PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his properties that lie just feet from the encroaching sea in low-lying South Florida.

      The president’s Mar-a-Lago estate, the soaring apartment towers bearing his name on Miami-area beaches and his Doral golf course are all threatened by rising seas, according to projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the South Florida Regional Climate Change Compact.

      Severe damage may come sooner rather than later if the U.S. abandons the international agreement aimed at curbing emissions of heat-trapping gases that cause climate change.

      “His properties live off of tourism — golfing communities, places where fat cats go and spend money and hobnob. It’s all related to the tourism economy in South Florida,” said Jim Cason, the Republican mayor of Coral Gables, a small city south of Miami that is aggressively planning for sea-level rise.

      South Florida roadways already flood routinely during storms or unusually high “king tides,” forcing cities to raise or move them and install expensive pumping systems.

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      “If the beaches are gone or the streets are flooded, it’s going to affect the value of his property,” Cason added. “So as a prudent businessman, he ought to conclude that the science is right and we need to prepare and plan.”

      Trump’s 123-room Mar-a-Lago mansion and private club sit on a barrier island with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway to the west. If the sea level climbs by 2 or 3 feet in this century — an amount that falls squarely within scientists’ predictions — that would push seawater onto the mansion’s western lawns. Nearby roads and bridges used to access the property would also be affected.

      At some point this century, water is expected to completely cover many of the state’s barrier islands, especially during storms.

      Trump’s beloved National Doral Miami golf course is inland, but it’s still at risk. As seas rise and Florida’s water table rises, state geologists predict that Florida’s porous limestone geology will allow water to easily percolate upward, flooding inland and coastal areas alike. If the course isn’t severely damaged by flooding, there will be more days when it’s too swamped for golfers.

      The commander in chief’s sea-level headache doesn’t end in Florida. The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, is vulnerable too, as is his golf course in Ireland. The president also has business interests in properties near the ocean in Vancouver, Canada; Panama City, Panama; Uruguay and Mumbai, India, according to the Trump Organization website.

      But the problem is especially fraught in Florida. Using the worst-case prediction of a 6-foot sea rise, real estate data provider Zillow estimates that 934,000 of the state’s homes, or nearly 12.6 percent, will be underwater by 2100. In Palm Beach, which includes Mar-a-Lago, about 51 percent of homes worth a total of $10.9 billion would be underwater, according to the data.

      “We’re already in for a sea-level rise that will put all low-lying coastal areas out of business, and that’s using U.S. government projections,” said Harold Wanless, chairman of the University of Miami’s Department of Geological Science, who has been studying sea-level rise for decades. “At some point in the not-too-distant future, we’ll be leaving Miami … we’re all moving somewhere.”

      So far, the threat of rising seas has not affected property values on Florida’s coast. Flood insurance rates are already high because of hurricane risks, but that hasn’t stopped the wealthy from investing in beachfront property.

      Big changes will begin when the first bank denies a 30-year mortgage for a coastal property due to surging seas, leading to a “cascade” of other denials, Cason said.

      Despite the scientific consensus that the climate is warming and sea levels rising, Trump has publicly called global warming a “hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese to gain an economic edge on the U.S.

      Still, Trump has used the threat of climate change when it suited his business interests. He cited sea-level rise in a permit application to build a nearly 2-mile stone wall between the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel in Ireland and the Atlantic Ocean.

      Local officials say they don’t have the luxury of ignoring the problem.

      “Inaction is not an option for us in South Florida,” said Susanne Torriente, chief resilience officer for the City of Miami Beach. “The streets are flooding and days are getting warmer. It’s not a partisan issue for us. At a local level, we’re being much more practical.”

      ___

      Dearen reported from Gainesville, Florida.

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      Follow Jason Dearen on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JHDearen . Follow Alex Sanz at http://www.twitter.com/AlexSanz .


      Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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