New Jersey, USA: Call for Christie to consider climate change in shore rebuilding

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Did global warming and rising sea levels trigger Hurricane Sandy? And does it matter? While Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, USA says it doesn't - calling environmental changes caused the storm is an "esoteric question", Matt Katz of the Philly Inquirer Trenton Bureau reports on the challenges of the Governor to get people back in their homes while scientists say they all need to start caring.

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