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Va. lags on environment

Report finds state ill-prepared to handle water-related climate change threats

Virginia is among the nation's least-prepared states for water-related climate change threats, according to a report released Thursday by the National Resource Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group. The report, "Ready or Not," analyzed all 50 states.

Steve Fleischli, senior attorney for water and climate policy at the NRDC, said the report evaluated whether states were equipped for climate change based on actions taken by the state government and state climate conditions.

"Annual precipitation levels, water supply levels, increasing flood levels, erosions

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