Why the Fed should treat climate change's $150B economic toll like other national crises it's helped fight
Climate disasters are now costing the United States US$150 billion per year, and the economic harm is rising.
Climate disasters are now costing the United States US$150 billion per year, and the economic harm is rising.
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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The costs of environmental pollution caused by plastics in cigarette butts and packaging amount to an estimated US $26 billion every year or US $186 billion every 10 years—adjusted for inflation—in waste management and ...
Environment
Nov 29, 2023
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If you feel that work is wearing you down, you are not alone. The economic value that modern organizations strive to create comes at a human cost to employees in terms of reduced physical fitness.
Economics & Business
Nov 28, 2023
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Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A new study published in the journal Nature Communications shows that accounting for the long-term impacts of these ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2023
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Hidden environmental, social and health costs of agrifood systems were as much as $12 trillion globally in 2020, according to new research from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based on analysis ...
Other
Nov 7, 2023
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Cities across the country are feeling the weight of a shortage of affordable housing. Economic growth, fluctuating interest rates and an expanding short-term rental market have collided with supply shortages and antiquated ...
Economics & Business
Oct 11, 2023
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Recent conservation efforts have proven effective at controlling wild pig populations in the Southeastern United States, according to new research from the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and Warnell ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2023
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Despite strong promotion of the green growth perspective by a variety of policymakers and international institutions, a new article led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2023
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Australia is holding its collective breath ahead of a bushfire season that may bring a return of the smoke linked to 400 deaths and 4,500 hospitalizations and emergency department visits during the 2019–20 Black Summer ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2023
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A global database set up by scientists to assemble data on the economic cost of biological invasions in support of effective government management strategies has grown to include all known invasive species.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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