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Global Warming May Boost Chicagoland Deaths: Report

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 Global warming could cause hundreds of deaths in the Chicago area by the year 2080 — if preventive policies aren't enacted. That’s according to a report by the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Maureen McKinney recently spoke with Julian Reif, an economist, who is one of the study's authors. He says not only could there be substantial loss of life because of  consequences of global warming — but the costs associated could reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

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IGPA economist Julian Reif

To read the report, go to igpa.uillinois.edu.

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Maureen McKinney speaks with Julian Reif, one of the authors of an Institute of Government and Public Affairs' report on how global warming could affect Chicagoland.

Maureen Foertsch McKinney is news editor and equity and justice beat reporter for NPR Illinois, where she has been on the staff since 2014 after Illinois Issues magazine’s merger with the station. She joined the magazine’s staff in 1998 as projects editor and became managing editor in 2003. Prior to coming to the University of Illinois Springfield, she was an education reporter and copy editor at three local newspapers, including the suburban Chicago Daily Herald, She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Eastern Illinois University and a master’s degree in English from UIS.
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