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Fossil fuel companies impose more in climate costs than they make in profits
2016-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: It is fairly well understood by now that releasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere imposes an economic cost, in the form of climate change impacts. In most cases, however, those responsible for carbon emissions are not required to pay that cost. Instead, it's borne mainly by the world's poor and low-lying countries, and of course by future generations, as many of the worst impacts of climate change will emerge years after the emissions that drive them. People sometimes...
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