Trump's anti-climate agenda won't just hurt the planet, but American incomes too

In this week's newsletter: US earnings would be 12% higher without the climate crisis, a study reveals - and the hotter the world gets, the greater the economic losses? Don't get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereDonald Trump has long railed against emissions-cutting policy as an expensive "hoax" and "scam". But the climate crisis itself comes with a major price tag for Americans, a new study shows.Previous research has found that global heating has driven up utility costs, home insurance premiums and healthcare bills. But according to the new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, it has also slashed US incomes by more than a tenth since 2000 - a severe national economic jolt.'A bombshell': doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human bodyThe crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering ageAfrica's great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many elephants - or too fewAverage person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research showsEconomic damage from climate change six times worse than thought - reportTackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds Continue reading...