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On the recordJuly 17, 2013
What about the costs of inaction? What will more droughts mean to agriculture in this Country? What will more floods mean in terms of property destruction? What will climate change mean for national security?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions the economic implications of ignoring climate change.

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