As the climate changes, spurring ever more extreme weather events, the U.S. government’s disaster-relief system is as about as prepared for the challenge as a wood-frame house is ready for a Category 5 hurricane. In 2023, the country suffered 28 natural disasters causing $1 billion or more in damage, […] Click here to view original […]

Stacks of cross-laminated timber (CLT) at a Vaagen Timbers manufacturing facility in Colville, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, June 6. Margaret Albaugh/Bloomberg file This article is part of the Bloomberg Green series Timber Town, which looks at the global rise of timber as a low-carbon building material. The number of […] Click here to view original

The Hartford Financial Services Group is the latest insurer to say it won’t offer new policies to homeowners in California By Avery Ellfeldt & E&E News A home burns during the Dixie fire on July 24, 2021, in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County, California. CLIMATEWIRE | […] Click here to view original

Ken Wells runs O&M Solar Services, a small residential solar company in South Los Angeles, where he works with disadvantaged communities. But a new state rate structure for rooftop solar has decimated his business. He had to lay off all 20 employees. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters In […] Click here to view original

Ad: Live This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. More Americans, even Republicans, are accepting the […] Click here to view original

Severe drought dried up rivers and made it difficult to travel between cities in the state of Amazonas Michael Dantas Climate change was the chief driver of the devastating drought that gripped the Amazon last year, say researchers, as warming threatens one of the world’s most important ecosystems for […] Click here to view original