EPA: Fighting Climate Change Will Save Lives

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says failure to act on global warming will kill hundreds of thousands of Americans by the end of the century and cost the country trillions of dollars. The EPA issued a new report Monday, spelling out the consequences of what could happen if the world's temperature climbed a staggering 5 degrees Celsius by 2100 because of inaction. EPA chief Gina McCarthy said "We can save tens of thousands of American lives and hundreds of...

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