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For our 2nd edition of #IETheIssue, we’re examining the modern misinformation landscape. In this piece, @salbonoie reports on how leaders in New York’s Long Island are putting ideology aside to fight climate change. THREAD:
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1/ Just off mainland New York State and containing the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, Long Island’s geographical location is prime real estate. Its beaches are some of the most desirable in the country, and it boasts a vibrant wine industry.
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2/ It’s also dramatically experiencing the impacts of climate change. And as the climate changes, the spaces inhabited by humans are changing, too.
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3/ So while Long Island has avoided some of the year’s more dramatic climate change-driven weather events, like the wildfires ravaging the West Coast, the intense storms that have hit the Gulf Coast, and the severe drought in the midwest, it is not immune.
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4/ “Human-caused climate change is us burning fossil fuels, releasing tons of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And that acts as a thickening blanket.” – @WeatherProf
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5/ “The more carbon dioxide we have, the thicker the blanket is, just like a comforter on your bed. It traps heat in…”
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6/ “…So we are making that comforter thicker and thicker and thicker and that's causing the temperatures to warm all across the Earth, both in the atmosphere and more importantly, in the oceans.” – @WeatherProf
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7/ “There is a lesson to be learned and shame on us if we don't learn it.” – @angie_carpenter, @TownofIslip Supervisor
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8/ @angie_carpenter, a lifelong Republican, is one of those who are trying to change the minds and hearts of their neighbors, putting ideology aside to help curb the impacts of climate change. 
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9/ “I really wanted to make a difference, to get the message out that there is a problem with climate change, and really it goes back to [Superstorm] Sandy, back in 2012. That was devastating,” Charlie Avalos, a volunteer for @citizensclimate @cclli
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10/ “We did see it with Sandy, the damage, and 8-9 years later there are people that are still not back in their homes…some that are struggling to get back in their homes whether to have it lifted or have it be a safe environment.” – @angie_carpenter
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11/ Sandy was for many Long Islanders a wake-up call, but that seemingly once-in-a-generation storm can happen more frequently because of climate change.
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12/ “The storms that come in that are the strong nor'easters, with higher sea levels already, are producing storm surge flooding…”
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13/ “…So we're seeing a lot more coastal flooding days in New Jersey, in Long Island, in New York City than we used to see. A lot more. Exponentially more. It's growing very, very quickly.” – @WeatherProf
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For @salbonoie’s full story Climate Change Is Hitting New York’s Long Island Hard But Some Are Pushing Ideology Aside to Fight It for #IETheIssue:
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