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Texas Flood Recovery Efforts As 161 Still Missing

Weather & Science

Risk Management Is a Burgeoning Billion-Dollar Business Opportunity

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Climate Politics

Why the World Is Divided on Plastic as UN Treaty Talks Restart

A sixth round of negotiations begins in Switzerland as evidence of the material’s harm mounts.

Trump Undermines Mercury Curbs In Move That Could End Mandate

Climate Politics

How Trump-Vetted Scientists Are Trying to Shred the Climate Consensus

A new report commissioned by the Energy Department downplays global warming as the administration seeks to unwind environmental rules.

Explainer

Why Texas Is So Vulnerable to Climate Disasters

As its population grows and climate change causes more extreme weather events, the state is likely to suffer more losses in the coming decades.

Weather & Science

How Much Does a Heat Wave Cost? Insurers and CEOs Want to Know

A new market for heat insurance, driven by the growth in AI and data centers, is starting to emerge.

ESG

Hollywood Stars Press Pension Plan to Sell Fossil-Fuel Assets

Mark Ruffalo, Rosario Dawson, other actors and campaigners want union SAG-AFTRA to drop oil and gas investments from the plan.

Green Daily

Insurers Want Businesses to Wake Up to Costs of Extreme Heat

Los Angeles Pushes To Rebuild Homes Fast Despite Wildfire Danger

Climate Politics

Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, Says Obama’s FEMA Head

The agency “was never intended” to do what it does today, according to its former chief Craig Fugate.

Slowing Housing Market Seen In Cooling Economic Growth Data

Weather & Science

Florida’s Housing Market Softens as Climate-Related Costs Mount

Rising insurance and condo fees have left homeowners struggling to keep up. A major hurricane this summer would only make it worse.

California Storm Losses Estimated At More Than $30 Billion

ESG

When a Neighborhood Floods, Foreclosures Often Follow

A widespread lack of flood insurance puts homeowners and credit markets at risk, according to a new analysis.

Housing Ahead Of Mortgage Applications Figures

Weather & Science

Tariffs Threaten to Push US Home Insurance Rates Even Higher

Hurricane Idalia Strikes Florida With Powerful Category 3 Winds

Green Daily

What FEMA’s Demise Could Mean for Flood Insurance

Weather & Science

A Bay Area City Pioneers Urban-Scale Insurance for Climate Disasters

Fremont, California, has purchased citywide flood coverage, a novel step that could become more common as the Trump administration looks to shrink FEMA’s role.

Weather & Science

Fire Danger in LA Is All Around, But Signals to Residents Are Mixed

The recent wildfires destroyed thousands of homes that sat outside government hazard zones.

Explainer

How Wildfires Upended California’s Insurance Market

LA Faces High Winds And No Sign Of Rain After Week Of Flames

Weather & Science

California Levies $1 Billion Assessment on Insurers for LA Fires

The funds will help the state’s insurer of last resort pay claims to thousands of homeowners affected by the wildfires.

Los Angeles-Area Fires Erupt As Dangerous Wind Storm Begins

Green Daily

Los Angeles Faces Insurance Doomsday

The Big Take

Los Angeles Wildfires Push Fragile California Insurance Market to Its Limit

As the fires rage on, the disaster threatens to upend the fragile balance between climate risk and home insurance in California.

Thousands Flee From Uncontrolled Wildfires Burning Near LA

Green Daily

The ‘Costliest Fire on Record,’ Not Just for California

Weather & Science

Los Angeles Fires Become Existential Test for California’s Stopgap Insurer

The most expensive wildfire in US history could put a $5 billion hole in the state-sponsored home insurer of last resort.