Saturday, February 9, 2013

The COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE is climbing. Deniers just ignore the facts!

There is a cost to Climate Change or Global Warming and it is increasing with each severe weather incident.  Deniers deny the reality but the cost is hitting us at the grocery store and the cost of fixing our broken home from the crazy weather. (Deniers also get a LOT OF MONEY in their pockets from the big corporations that are making tons of money on destroying the environment.  BIG OIL NEEDS TO CONTINUE WITH TAX SUBSIDIES - actually, NO, they do not, but the Deniers get lots of money for giving Big Oil what they want.)


2011 and 2012 were the two most extreme years on record for destructive weather events. A record 14 weather disasters occurred in 2011, sustaining more than $1 billion each in economic losses for a total of $60.6 billion. Last year brought 11 weather disasters that each cost $1 billion or more; while the total economic loss has not been determined, experts say the dollar figure is almost certain to exceed 2011’s. Meanwhile, the insurance industry estimates that its losses from 2012’s natural disasters will total $58 billion—more than double the average yearly losses of $27 billion from 2000 to 2011.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/02/09/1563101/national-journal-warns-the-economic-price-of-climate-change-is-already-here-and-growing/

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