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Dire forecast in latest National Climate Assessment

The National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive federal effort to summarize the effects of climate change on the United States, says that by 2050 coastal flooding will happen five to 10 times more often than it does now. The new report also details the risk climate change poses to the U.S. energy supply. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy has more.
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