$1 Trillion Cost For Disaster Recovery

By Douglas McIntyre  •  October 23, 2025

When insurance costs, lost labor, property damage, and infrastructure buildouts are added together, the cost of disaster recovery reaches $1 trillion. And the figure will only rise as the US lets itself fall quickly behind its climate goals for global warming. Use of oil and coal is increasing. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains. More Video: Trump Still Wants To Own Greenland.