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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Dharna Noor

Trump’s anti-climate agenda won’t just hurt the planet, but American incomes too

A road sign saying 'Caution! Extreme heat danger', with a vehicle driving past
A heat warning in Death Valley national park, near Furnace Creek, California, as temperatures soared in the summer of 2023. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Donald Trump has long railed against emissions-cutting policy as an expensive “hoax” and “scam”. But the climate crisis itself comes with a major price tag for Americans, a new study shows.

Previous research has found that global heating has driven up utility costs, home insurance premiums and healthcare bills. But according to the new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, it has also slashed US incomes by more than a tenth since 2000 – a severe national economic jolt.

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