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How climate change will alter the economy

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. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

 An iceberg floats through the water on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland.
 An iceberg floats through the water on July 21, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland.
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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.

Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

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