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U.S. government risks financial exposure from climate change - GAO
2013-02-14 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. government is at high risk of financial exposure from climate change, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday, two days after President Barack Obama vowed to tackle the issue with or without Congress' help. For the first time, the non-partisan congressional watchdog added fiscal exposure from climate change to its "High Risk List" of measures the federal government needs to fix. "Climate change is a complex, crosscutting issue that poses risks to many environmental and...
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