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ENVD director helps lead White House climate report

Paul Chinowsky, director of the and co-author of a chapter in the climate change report released Friday, November 23, was quoted in the New York Times. . 

鈥淚t鈥檚 incredibly frustrating,鈥 said Paul Chinowsky, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a co-author of the report鈥檚 That chapter concludes that more extreme storms, flooding and heat waves, along with rising sea levels, will damage the nation鈥檚 roadways, leading to dangerous infrastructure collapses and up to $21 billion in damage by the century鈥檚 end.

鈥淚鈥檓 watching these arguments between politicians and scientists, but I鈥檓 on the ground with public works officials who say that argument鈥檚 irrelevant,鈥 Mr. Chinowsky said. 鈥淧eople are going to get hurt and die if we don鈥檛 change the policy.鈥