GAO: Climate Change Poses Serious Risk to American Energy Systems

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By Ben JerveyMar 8, 2014, 5:00 pm90 pts
America’s energy infrastructure is dangerously vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, according to a new report released by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The report, requested by a group of Democratic senators lead by Energy and Natural Resources Chair Ron Wyden of Oregon, breaks…

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