Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm with Susan Crawford

EcoJustice Radio · Apr 3, 2023 · 1h 1m

In the coming decades, at least thirteen million coastal U.S. residents will have to pack their bags and move from their homes, rising sea levels and superstorms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In the popular tourist town of Charleston, South Carolina, climate denial, widespread gentrification, over development, and racial issues compound. The city, like so many other coastal regions across the world, has no workable plan to relocate its most vulnerable populations away from the path of harm. Harvard Law Professor and Author Susan Crawford tells the story of a city…