PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 7, 2022
Climate change is unleashing “far-reaching and worsening” calamities in every region of the United States, and the economic and human toll will only increase unless humans move faster to slow the planet’s warming, according to a sprawling new federal report released Monday. “The things Americans value most are at risk,” the National Climate Assessment authors wrote. “Many of the harmful impacts that people across the country are already experiencing will worsen as warming increases, and new risks will emerge.”