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?
Bernie Sanders: “What about the costs of inaction? What will more droughts mean to agriculture in this Country? What will more floods…”
On the recordJuly 17, 2013
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Sanders questions the economic implications of ignoring climate change.
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