<div dir="auto">    Article dated Aug 2, 2012 </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:42px;font-size:36px;margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:left">New Law in North Carolina Bans Latest Scientific Predictions of Sea-Level Rise</h1><div class="news-feed_item-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px 0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(170,170,170);float:left;max-width:300px"><div class="article-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1;font-size:11px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><ul class="authors" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;display:inline-block"><li class="" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block"><div rel="author" id="alonharish" class="author" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.2;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);float:left;overflow:hidden;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap"><span class="by-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;text-transform:capitalize">By</span> ALON HARISH</div></li></ul><span class="timestamp" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.2;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(178,176,177);overflow:hidden;display:block">Aug. 2, 2012</span></div></div><ul class="article-social horizontal" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;overflow:hidden;float:right"><li class="btn-social-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left"><a class="btn-social facebook horizontal" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FUS%2Fnorth-carolina-bans-latest-science-rising-sea-level%2Fstory%3Fid%3D16913782%26cid%3Dshare_facebook_widget" name="lpos=widget[share_facebook_widget]&lid=link[horizontal]" target="_new" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:27px;font-size:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:5px;padding:0px 12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(34,114,180);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px;display:inline-block;max-width:320px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;height:26px;width:68px;margin-top:0px!important;outline:0px!important"><span class="icon-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;speak:none;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:trident!important;font-size:18px!important"></span></a></li><li class="btn-social-twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left"><a class="btn-social twitter horizontal" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=New+Law+in+North+Carolina+Bans+Latest+Scientific+Predictions+of+Sea-Level+Rise+-+ABC+News+-+http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FUS%2Fnorth-carolina-bans-latest-science-rising-sea-level%2Fstory%3Fid%3D16913782&via=ABC" name="lpos=widget[share_twitter_widget]&lid=link[horizontal]" target="_new" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:27px;font-size:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:5px;padding:0px 12px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(64,181,229);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;bor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