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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Droughts, wildfires, hurricanes disrupt agriculture and…”

Featuring: Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic | U.S. Senate Rhode Island

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Whitehouse Introduces Resolution To Acknowledge Climate Change Is Real–Then Ron Johnson Blocks It

Published | Video Starts at 10:58

And as I've said, climate change has moved from the Science department to the economics department because all of those science measures bring costs onto the American public. Droughts, wildfires, hurricanes disrupt agriculture and transit of groceries, and they make food more expensive for Americans. These climate impacts drive up homeowners insurance in regions where the climate risk becomes unmanageable, and they drive down property values, because when your homeowner's insurance cost doubles or triples … (10:58–11:13)

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Asserts that climate events disrupt agriculture and increase food costs.

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