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How climate change will alter the economy

Sabri Ben-Achour Nov 26, 2018
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 An iceberg floats through the water on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

How climate change will alter the economy

Sabri Ben-Achour Nov 26, 2018
 An iceberg floats through the water on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Late Friday, the White House released the Fourth National Climate Assessment. And it was dire. Among the predictions: If we don’t take global warming seriously by the end of this century, the American economy will be 10 percent smaller than it otherwise would have been.

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