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U.K. economist testifies to House subcommittee on the costs of inaction on climate change |
Kate Sheppard |
26 Jun 2008 |
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| U.K. economist Nicholas Stern, author of the 2006 report, that argued that costs of inaction on climate change far outweigh the costs of acting, said yesterday that the planet is warming faster than previously predicted, which may increase the costs of action. Today he testified before the a House subcommittee on the increasing need for action, and the high economic and social costs of not taking the steps necessary to curb warming. Stern's initial report found th ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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