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Adjusting to warming world has cost Maryland billions, comptroller says

State comptroller says past cleanup costs show why investing in resilience pays off

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Brooke E. Lierman, comptroller of Maryland. Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)
Baltimore Sun reporter Karl Hille. (Lloyd Fox/Staff)
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Climate change has already cost Maryland $10 to $20 billion to clean up after 85 extreme weather events since 1984, said Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, but the cost of doing nothing will be far higher in the future. 

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