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319 caused more than $15 billion in damage

”Hurricane Irene 2011: One Year Anniversary of East Coast Storm,” Huffington Post, August 24, 2012, /2012/08/24/hurricane-irene-2011-2012_n_1826060.html.

320 and wildfires in 240 of its 242 counties

Patrik Jonsson, ”Texas Wildfire Chief: Wildfires Still Raging, but 'We Are Making Successes,' ” Christian Science Monitor, April 21, 2011.

321 all-time-high temperature records were broken or tied

Andrew Freedman, ”Hot Summer of 2011 Rewrites Record Books,” Climate Central, September 8, 2011, plex, but we live in a complex world”

Marton Kruppa and Andrew Allan, ”Carbon Trading May Be Ready for Its Next Act,” Reuters, November 13, 2011.

328 will imminently begin cap and trade systems

Ibid.

329 Most significantly, California began implementing its system in 2012

Jason Dearen, ”California's Cap-and-Trade System to Launch with First Pollution Permits Auction,” a.s.sociated Press, November 12, 2012.

330 ”it may become the biggest in the world, and allowances in that system would then give a global price signal”