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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. . 

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

Im watching these arguments between politicians and scientists, but Im on the ground with public works officials who say that arguments irrelevant, Mr. Chinowsky said. People are going to get hurt and die if we dont change the policy.