NRDC estimates $100bn was needed to deal with the aftermath of droughts, floods and fires in 2012, representing the biggest non-defence spend in the US budget
US taxpayers faced a $100bn bill to clean up damage caused by last year's extreme weather events, more than the federal government spent on either education or transportation, a new analysis has shown....
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