For the almost 40 percent of the United States population living in high-population-density coastal areas, sea-level rise isn’t a concern for the future. It’s happening now. But while many of them live in the American South, their voices aren’t always heard in the environmental movement. “I think there have been assumptions that folks in the South are somehow ignorant to environmental issues, and I would say that’s not right,” said Claudine McElwain, the host of “Broken Ground.” “So many people that I meet in the South are so intimately connected to their land and understand the things that we need to do to care for and be good stewards of our environment, and I don’t think those stories get told.” To view the full article visit the Hill.
