RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A rewrite of a bill that controls how North Carolina prepares for climate change along the coast is headed to the general assembly next week.

A conference committee met Thursday morning to rework the bill and reject language lamented by the scientific community that would limit the state to using historical data to prepare for rising sea levels.

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