Sentences with phrase «damage to the economy annually»
Matt Yglesias points us to a new study, which finds that pollution reduces working productivity — and acts as a drag on the economy: We already know that emissions from coal plants and factories cause hundreds of billions of dollars of damage to the economy annually, in the form of health care costs (not to mention causing tens of thousands of deaths, respiratory illnesses, missed school and work days, and so forth).
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«The rising tide of these damaging suits is contributing to the suppression of the U.S. economy and hampering job creation and commerce.Economic damage caused by PAEs is estimated by Boston University to be around $ 29 billion annually, and a single may easily cost the defendant over $ 1 million — even when the defendant prevails.»