Reuters: U.S. droughts, floods and heat waves likely fueled by climate change in the last two years hit the people who can afford it the least - the poor and middle class, a report published on Friday said.
In affected areas of U.S. states hit by five or more extreme weather events in the last two years, the median annual household income was a bit over $48,000, or 7 percent below the national median, according to the report by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank with close ties to the......
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Less fortunate in U.S. hit hardest by extreme weather – report
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 16th, 2012
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