Home insurance premiums rose 21% in 2023, partly due to climate change

Home insurance premiums rose 21% in 2023, partly due to climate change

A view of flooded streets after 24 hours of continuous heavy rain over Fort Myers, Florida, United States on June 13, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Consumers preparing to renew their homeowners insurance policy may experience some unexpected sticker shock. Between May 2022 and May 2023, home insurance prices rose an average of … Read more

‘Climate gentrification’ fuels higher prices for longtime Miami residents

‘Climate gentrification’ fuels higher prices for longtime Miami residents

A development towers over the Lyric Theater in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. Greg Iacurci MIAMI — Nicole Crooks stood in the plaza of the historic Lyric Theater, a royal blue hat shielding her from the midday sun that baked Miami. In its heyday, the theater, in the city’s Overtown neighborhood, was an important cultural hub for … Read more

Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe

Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe

Within the Department of Energy, offices dedicated to clean energy research and implementation would be eliminated, and energy efficiency guidelines and requirements for household appliances would be scrapped. The environmental oversight capacities of the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency would be curbed significantly or eliminated altogether, preventing these agencies from tracking … Read more

10 U.S. states least-prepared for climate change and extreme weather

10 U.S. states least-prepared for climate change and extreme weather

Whether they are the result of climate change or just freaks of nature, disasters can be costly. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information estimate that weather and climate disasters in the U.S. did nearly $93 billion in damage last year. “There’s really no place in the country that doesn’t have risk,” said Jeremy Porter, … Read more

10 U.S. states best-prepared for climate change and extreme weather

10 U.S. states best-prepared for climate change and extreme weather

Wherever you stand on the issue of climate change, chances are you are already paying for it. Take the cost of homeowners insurance, up 27% nationwide since 2021, according to data compiled by online insurance marketplace Insurify. And in some states, it’s far worse, like Louisiana, where premiums are projected to rise 23% this year … Read more

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

What triggered the jumps? As Broecker guessed in the late ’80s and (after 30-some years of debate) many scientists now agree: abrupt, dramatic changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. That the climate could change violently had huge implications. As more carbon was being released into the atmosphere, Broecker and other scientists were getting increasingly … Read more

Philippines battles with oil spill as tanker sinks, one dead

Philippines battles with oil spill as tanker sinks, one dead

Aerial view of a ship at sea. Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty Images A tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel capsized off the coast of Philippines, leading to one casualty and a vast oil spill, local authorities said Thursday. The Philippine-flagged MT Terra Nova submerged 3.6 nautical miles east off Limay, Bataan … Read more

World shatters heat record for second consecutive day

World shatters heat record for second consecutive day

A worker, called ‘torchers’, works in a charcoal production during scorching heat exceeding 40 degrees Celsius in Diyarbakir, Turkiye on July 18, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The world registered its hottest day on record for the second time in just two days, according to the latest data compiled by the European Union’s … Read more

World logs hottest day since records began

World logs hottest day since records began

Italy extreme weather 230724 EU Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The world’s average temperature climbed to its highest level ever recorded on Sunday, according to the European Union’s climate monitor. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) found that the global average surface temperature rose to 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on July … Read more

‘Loophole’ may get you a $7,500 tax credit for leasing an EV

‘Loophole’ may get you a ,500 tax credit for leasing an EV

Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images Buying a new electric vehicle isn’t the only way consumers can access a $7,500 federal EV tax credit. They may also be able to get the money by leasing a car. The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed in 2022, contained various rules related to consumer tax … Read more