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fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

It's harder to get home insurance. That's changing communities across the U.S.

"The risk of many weather-related extreme events is growing as the planet warms, and some of those impacts are coming fast and furious now," says Carolyn Kousky, an economic policy expert at the Environmental Defense Fund and longtime property insurance researcher. Disaster costs are also rising because people continue to move to coastal regions vulnerable to hurricanes and to forested areas prone to wildfires.
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Environment
fromFlowingData
3 weeks ago

Non-profit takes over a canceled NOAA database

Climate Central restored NOAA's canceled billion-dollar disaster database enabling continued tracking of rising disaster costs from hurricanes, floods, and other catastrophes.
Environment
fromStreetsblog
4 weeks ago

California Officials Rally Behind Climate Superfund Act to Make Big Oil Pay - Streetsblog California

California elected officials and local governments seek legislation to require major oil and gas companies to pay for climate-related disaster costs.
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