Are we ready for a Harvey-like storm in Boston?

August 30, 2017

Deanna Moran MPP/MCRP ’16, director of environmental planning at the Conservation Law Foundation joined Austin Blackmon, the city of Boston’s Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space and reporter Adam Reilly on WGBH news for a discussion on whether Boston is prepared for a Harvey-like storm and if not, what it needs still needs to be done.

WGBH news, August 29, 2017 (video)

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