Global Briefing: Study reveals how US flooding costs are set to soar

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Global Briefing: Study reveals how US flooding costs are set to soar

Rising flooding costs on both sides of the Atlantic, Italian wind energy auctions, and the rest of the green business news from around the world this week

Study details how US flooding costs set to rise by more than a quarter by 2050 Climate change could result in the finan ial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the United States by 2050...

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