Jacqui Patterson, director of the Environment and Climate Change Justice Program at the NAACP headquarters in Baltimore, said impacts of climate change are entwined with class, race, lack of political clout and
economic disruption when polluting industries close.
Not exact matches
This labor market recovery appears all the more impressive
when it's considered in the context of structurally lower
economic growth due to population aging trends, as well as the technological
disruptions being experienced by many industries.
In addition to providing a window into the financial pressures — from work
disruption to added expenses — that families face
when a child is being treated for cancer, the new study utilizes an alternative measure of
economic need.
The news agency Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 25) that risk assessor Kinetic Analysis Corp. had estimated that Irene may cause $ 13.9 billion in insured losses and $ 20 billion in total
economic losses
when factors such as lost work hours and
disruption of shipping are factored in.