Calculating disaster.(TEMPERATURE GAUGE: Notes from a warming world)(climate change costs)(Brief article)

Dealing with global climate change will either be relatively cheap, or hugely expensive depending on whether we take action now, or wait until later.

According to a new report by the Environmental Defense Fund, reducing US greenhouse gas emissions will account for less than two percent of household budgets Over the next 20 years. The bottom line? Making meaningful reductions in carbon emissions won't break the economy.

Inaction, on the other hand, will be expensive. A study ...

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