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Latest climate assessment reveals how much climate change is costing Americans [1]

['Amna Nawaz', 'Courtney Norris']

Date: 2023-11-14 18:25:27-05:00

Amna Nawaz:

The nation's fifth national climate assessment was released today, and it shows America is warming faster than the global average, with climate change impacting nearly every facet of American life.

It also found extreme weather events now cost the U.S. roughly $150 billion per year.

Katharine Hayhoe is chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy and distinguished professor at Texas Tech University.

Katharine, welcome back to the "NewsHour."

Let's begin with that climate change trend here in the U.S. The report says the U.S. is warming about 60 percent faster than the rest of the world as a whole. Why? What's driving that?

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[1] Url: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/latest-climate-assessment-reveals-how-much-climate-change-is-costing-americans

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