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Watch Scientist Explain How Climate Change Might Damage U.S. Economy
Thu, 2017-06-29 18:43 — Kathy GilbeauxCLICK HERE - STUDY - Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States
nola.com - by Mark Schleifstein - June 29, 2017
New research concludes that the poorest one third of U.S. counties -- including many Louisiana parishes -- could sustain economic damages representing as much as 20 percent of their annual income by the end of this century if nothing is done to minimize climate change. The findings are explained by the lead author of the study in a video released with its publication Thursday (June 29) in Science magazine.
"Unmitigated climate change will be very expensive for huge regions of the United States," said Solomon Hsiang, an associate professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley.
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