Climate Change Increasing Infrastructure Maintenance Cost In Alaska

A study calculates the growing cost of maintaining Alaska's infrastructure as a result of global warming.

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June 30, 2007, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Higher temperatures, melting permafrost, a reduction in polar ice and increased flooding are expected to raise the repair and replacement cost of thousands of infrastructure projects as much as $6.1 billion for a total of nearly $40 billion - about a 20 percent increase - from now to 2030, according to the study, by the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage."

FULL STORY: Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska

Thursday, June 28, 2007 in The New York Times

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