GOLDEN, Co. (Reuters) - Extreme weather events will cost the United States well over a $100 billion this year, topping last year's cost of $99 billion, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
Biden, speaking at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NYSE:LH) in Golden, Colorado, said nearly one in three American communities had been struck in the past few months by weather disasters exacerbated by climate change.
"We know what the driver is - climate change. We know what's causing climate change - human activity," Biden said. "This is no longer subject to debate."