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As the Gulf of Mexico chews away at Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles, the government has a plan: spend at least $50 million to relocate the tiny island's roughly 100 residents. The effort raises a host of questions, ranging from why it costs more than $500,000 per person to move residents from their very modest homes to whether the federal government should pick up the tab for their plight. But as James Varney reports for RealClearInvestigations, an even larger issue looms. If, as some claim, Isle de Jean Charles is disappearing because of rising sea levels caused by manmade climate change, what does this expensive effort tell us about future costs? Varney writes: If government's response to Isle de Jean is a dress rehearsal for how it will respond to rising sea levels in the years ahead, the costs will be daunting, even prohibitive. Current global warming models predict that by 2100, between 4 million and 13 million Americans could be displaced by rising sea levels, according to the U.S. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Going from the most optimistic to the most alarming scenario, the relocation bill for those people, at half a million dollars per person, would come to between $2 trillion to $6.5 trillion. "If the costs are going to be in the trillions, then it will come down to policy decisions about what you're able to do," said Alexander S.Kolkerof Tulane University's Earth and Environmental Studies department. "I don't think we have the money in hand to do that." Read Full Article Other Noteworthy Articles Monumental Dissent Over Bear Ears
RealClearInvestigations
While many Native American groups around the nation pushed for and then applauded the creation of the vast Bears Ears National Monument in Utah last year, there was one that bucked the trend - Navajos who actually live near the protected area.
Stolen ‘Paradise Papers' Reveal How the Wealthy Avoid Taxes, Legally
Various News Outlets
Multiple articlesfrom various publications mined a cachestolen documentsthatrevealhow some very wealthy people and organizations legally shelter their moneyin offshore accounts.In addition to writing its own stories on the ‘Paradise Papers,' theInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalistswas a major funnel for the material swiped froma Bahamas-based law firm, Appleby.TheNew York Times, for example, pulled back the curtain on the finances ofCommerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, as well ashedge fund billionairesanduniversities.The Guardianhas written a string of stories involvingQueen Elizabeth,AdeleandCambridge and Oxford. Fusion GPS Met With Russians Before and After Trump Jr. Meeting
Fox News
The plot thickens as Fox News reports that a co-founder of Fusion GPS - the firm behind the unverified Trump dossier financed by the Clinton campaign - met a Russian lawyer before and after she met with Donald Trump Jr. last year promising dirt on Hillary. That meeting has become a key Democrat talking point in claims the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians. Weinstein Hired Ex-Mossad Agents to Track Accusers
New Yorker
Is anyone surprised that theHollywood producer hiredan array of high-priced private investigatorsto suppress allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women? The news in Ronan Farrow's latest report is that Weinstein'swhite-shoelawyer, David Boies, helped run the effort. Meantime, still more sexual-misconduct disclosures continue to pour forth about Hollywood and powerful media figures. Why Sweden's Sexual Assault Crisis is Taboo
Quillette
Reported sex crimes have increased 61 percent in Sweden and the number of gunshot victims is up 50 percent in the last decade or so. In the same period, the nation has absorbed large number of male immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East, many of whom have been linked to violence. But the causal chain between sex crimes and immigration has not been firmly established since the Swedish government will not update its statistics and "open discussion of this subject is thwarted by taboos." The Secret Behind the Beatles' Magical Mystery Chord
ABC News
It may be the most famous chord in rock 'n' roll - the opening, echoing chwangof "A Hard Day's Night." It is also one of pop's great mysteries: How did the Fab Four create it? Using modern scientific methods, a mathematician says he has the answer: "ghost notes." | 
