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Robert Reich
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Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of Inequality Media. Substack: robertreich.substack.com | Mastodon: masto.ai/@rbreich | LinkTree: linktr.ee/rbreich
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Since 1980, there have been 395 weather disasters in the US, with total damages over $1 billion. These disasters have cost $2.77 trillion in total and killed 16,500 people. Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis. The truth is we can’t afford not to.

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How much has the US government spent on responding to them ? Asking in order to compare with virtually complete lack of grant response to similar disasters in global South ?

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It is not trillion?

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Do you have the number year by year? It would be interesting to see the increasing

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Robert Reich
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Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of Inequality Media. Substack: robertreich.substack.com | Mastodon: masto.ai/@rbreich | LinkTree: linktr.ee/rbreich
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