5 Adapting infrastructure.

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Climate change is contributing to the disrepair of crumbling roads and bridges, according to a new report by the Center for Clean Air Policy and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. "This is not about polar bears," says Steve Winkelman, lead author and director of the CCAP. "It's about backed-up sewers in your streets or basements." The report says the record-breaking extreme weather last year caused more than $50 billion in damage to our transportation systems. After assessing how well critical...