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How climate change is impacting the U.S. economy

The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it would be putting an additional $6 billion in funding towards climate resilience.

The announcement came tied to the release of the new National Climate Assessment, which found that climate change costs the economy nearly $150 billion every year.

Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s “Full Disclosure,” joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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