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Mon, 2014-06-23 18:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux
Carbon dioxide emissions like those from coal-fired power plants should be taxed to spur energy innovation.
Luke Sharrett for The New York Times
Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession
nytimes.com - by Henry M. Paulson, Jr. - June 21, 2014
THERE is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned throughout my work in finance, government and conservation, it is to act before problems become too big to manage.
. . . We’re staring down a climate bubble that poses enormous risks to both our environment and economy.
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RE: The Coming Climate Crash - Risky Business
reuters.com - by Sharon Begley - June 24, 2014
(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 soar to hundreds of billions by 2100.
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American Climate Prospectus
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American Climate Prospectus - Economic Risks in the United States (202 page .PDF report)
http://rhg.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/RHG_AmericanClimateProspectus_June2014_LowRes1.pdf
Risky Business executive summary report
http://riskybusiness.org/report/overview/executive-summary
Risky Business - Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States (56 page .PDF report)
http://riskybusiness.org/uploads/files/RiskyBusiness_PrintedReport_FINAL_WEB_OPTIMIZED.pdf