Climate Change Has Lowered U.S. Incomes More Than 10%, Study Finds

Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisDonald Trump has said that efforts to fight climate change are an expensive "con job," but a failure to act comes with its own price tag for Americans, a new study shows. According to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, climate change has slashed U.S. incomes by more than 10% since 2000. This loss in income is addition to previously documented increases in utility costs, home insurance premiums, and healthcare bills.