17:I[66739,["/_next/static/chunks/0.3dg.jzl0xwf.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0s3w63gp9~d8s.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0kllbnt_hzshd.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/053zyoym-_i67.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0u2ayibg4ahb..js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0i99rkyrer3ax.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2"],"default"] 19:I[38632,["/_next/static/chunks/0qqtp3r0h7kah.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2","/_next/static/chunks/0iukvycbd42rl.js?dpl=dpl_8p6Q5JakrWnro1WkLdLhx7ayTbu2"],"IconMark"] 18:T499,NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer talks with Emily about a dilemma facing many local governments now. Should they develop in areas vulnerable to rising sea levels?

On today's episode, we look at Sunnyvale, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's a situation complicated by a landowner that really wants to continue expanding there, Google.

In an episode last week, we asked who should be paying for climate change — taxpayers or private landowners with waterfront property?

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To Build, Or Not To Build? That Is The Question Facing Local Governments

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To Build, Or Not To Build? That Is The Question Facing Local Governments