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U.S. to face multibillion-dollar bill from climate change: report
2014-06-24 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms of $35 billion; a decline in crop yields of 14 percent, costing corn and wheat farmers tens of billions of dollars; heat wave-driven demand for electricity costing utility customers up to $12 billion per year. These are among the economic costs that climate change is expected to exact in the United States over the next 25 years, according to a bipartisan report released on Tuesday. And that's just for starters: The price tag could...
Latest Climate Change Report Paints Dire Picture For Business
2014-06-24 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The U.S. economy faces great risks from climate change, according to a study by a bipartisan group of former business leaders and public officials. It predicts harsh realities if action isn't taken.
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New UN Assembly Pushes Climate Change, Environment As Top World Priority
2014-06-24 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The first-ever United Nations Environmental Assembly opened in Kenya on Monday, as more than 150 high-level delegations began a weeklong examination of the intersection between global economic progress and the environment. The environment is no longer a niche topic backed by a passionate minority, Achim Steiner, the head of the U.N. Environmental Program told The Associated Press, but is clearly linked to economic and societal issues. The changing environment -- including climate change, pollution,...
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Money Men Bloomberg, Steyer And Paulson Tally Costs Of Climate Change In New Report
2014-06-24 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Climate change is likely to exact enormous costs on U.S. regional economies in the form of lost property, reduced industrial output and more deaths, according to a report backed by a trio of men with vast business experience. The report, released Tuesday, is designed to convince businesses to factor in the cost of climate change in their long-term decisions and to push for reductions in emissions blamed for heating the planet. It was commissioned by the Risky Business Project, which describes...
White House pushes climate change solutions this week
2014-06-24 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: White House officials are spending this week highlighting the public health and economic consequences of climate change on the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's speech to combat address the problem. On Sunday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz joined several mayors in Dallas where they signed a climate protection agreement pledging to take action to reduce carbon pollution and prepare their communities. The White House...
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