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Cost of Inaction

In all the debate about the potential costs of enacting far-reaching climate and energy legislation, we sometimes ignore this critical point: It is far more costly not to act. The choice is clear: develop a green economy, drive innovation, secure our nation’s energy supplies, and prevent unmitigated climate disaster—or watch our economy fall apart at the seams from threats to our public health, infrastructure, agriculture, water supply, and national security.

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The Cost of Inaction Is Far Greater than the Cost of Action

Hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, and floods—learn about the high costs of unmitigated climate change to the American economy.
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The Human Toll of Climate Change

Science Progress' climate map shows the effects of global warming across the country and the world.

The Cost of Climate Change: What We'll Pay if Global Warming Continues Unchecked from the Natural Resources Defense Council

Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the United States from the Congressional Budget Office

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States from the United States Global Change Research Program

Hotter Fields, Lower Yields: How Global Warming Could Hurt America's Farms from Environment Texas

Costs of U.S. Oil Dependence: 2005 Update from the Department of Energy

Human Impact of Climate Change from the Global Humanitarian Forum

National Security and the Threat of Climate Change from the Center for Naval Analyses

Less Carbon, More Jobs

From the Environmental Defense Fund

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See where real clean-energy businesses are creating good-paying American jobs.

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