The Second Warmest August On Record
The next time you hear someone in Missouri talk about how our summer has been pretty pleasant, climate change and global warming must be a hoax, remind them that the world is a whole lot bigger than Missouri. In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released data last week showing that the world’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest for any August on record (since 1880), and ocean temps for the June-August season were also the warmest for which NOAA has data.
Clean energy jobs bill creates $1.5 trillion in benefits
A new analysis by the New York University School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity finds that the Waxman-Markey Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) will produce $1.5 trillion in likely economic benefits.
Using conservative assumptions, the benefits of H.R. 2454 could likely exceed the costs by as much as nine-to-one, or more. The estimated benefits do not include a significant number of ancillary and un?quantified benefits, such as the reduction of co?pollutants (particularly sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide), the prevention of species extinction, and lower maintenance costs for energy infrastructure. Due to those limitations, the benefits estimates should be considered to be very conservative.
At the same time, a new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists concludes that “global warming inaction could cost the nation hundreds of billions by the end of the century.”
via Climate Progress
