Resettling America’s First ‘Climate Refugees’

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  • 2016•05•18     United States of America     Wisconsin Public Radio

    Communities throughout the world are being forced to resettle as a result of climate change. They’re being called “climate refugees.” Earlier this year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development designated $1 billion to help a dozen or so communities in the United States build stronger levees, dams and drainage systems. We’re joined by a pair of environmental experts and a member of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe in Louisiana, which is is moving its entire community.

    Host(s):
    Kathleen Dunn
    Guest(s):
    Marion McFadden
    Cosmin Corendea
    Boyo Billiot
    Producer(s):
    Scottie Lee Meyers

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