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On the recordJanuary 27, 2009
the predictions, that floods, droughts, hurricane damage, fires, and other climate-related disasters will increase even more dramatically the longer we delay action on this, the cost is quite serious.
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Al Gore
Democratic · Tennessee

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Al Gore warns about the escalating costs of inaction on climate change.

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