But consider this: In 2010, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel, using advanced methods, estimated a sea-level rise that could threaten certain low-lying communities over the next century. State legislators responded by passing a bill that prohibited policymakers from using the panel’s findings, thereby undermining officials’ ability to fulfill their fundamental duty to protect their state’s coastline, resources, and citizens.
但想象一下：2010年，北卡罗来纳州海岸资源委员会科学小组采用先进方法估算海平面上升可能会在下个世纪对某些低洼群体构成威胁。州立法者通过一项法案禁止决策者采用该小组的研究成果，从而阻止官员履行保护国家海岸线、资源和民众的基本职责。