Climate
Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris
NOAA GOES East satellite image of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 7th, 2024. Source: NOAA Florida’s storm-battered Gulf Coast raced against a Category 5 hurricane Monday as workers sprinted to pick up debris left over from Helene two weeks ago and highways were clogged with people fleeing ahead of the storm. The center of Hurricane Milton could come ashore Wednesday […]
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Zillow adds climate risk data to home listings as threats rise
Insured losses for Hurricane Helene are now estimated at over $6 billion, but the uninsured losses are far higher. That’s because the vast majority of homes impacted by the storm, especially in hard-hit North Carolina, did not have flood insurance. New risk-assessment technology is designed to help change that for the future. Most homeowners in […]
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Starbucks invests in two innovation farms to help climate-proof its coffee
A sign outside of the Starbucks headquarters is seen at Starbucks Center on July 3, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder | Getty Images More than a decade ago, Starbucks bought its first coffee farm, in Costa Rica. Now the coffee giant has added two more to its portfolio. The Seattle-based company said Thursday that […]
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Mining giant Fortescue says it’s time to walk away from the ‘proven fantasy’ of net zero
Andrew Forrest, chairman of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest, founder and executive chairman of Fortescue, says it is time for the world to walk away from the […]
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States forge ahead with Inflation Reduction Act energy rebates — so far, South Dakota is the only one to opt out
Key Points The Inflation Reduction Act created two consumer rebate programs tied to energy efficiency. They’re respectively worth up to $8,000 and $14,000 for consumers, depending on criteria like income and specific efficiency-related upgrades or purchases. Arizona, Maine, New York, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Wisconsin started rolling out their rebate programs. Many others have […]
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‘Coolcations’ had another big summer. Here are the places travelers went
Extreme temperatures are driving travelers to seek cooler destinations. And there’s a term for the trend: “coolcations.” Heat waves — which are increasing in frequency, duration and intensity, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — are affecting where people are choosing to vacation, especially during the hot summer months. “Often, when we think of vacation, […]
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Take a look inside a $1.1 million ‘zero emissions’ home
Key Points The White House in June issued guidelines that defined standards for a “zero emissions” building. Morgan Wojciechowski’s Williamsburg, Virginia, home is among the first to receive that label. Residential and commercial buildings account for almost a third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Source
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‘They knew and they lied’: California sues ExxonMobil, alleging deception about plastics recycling
California’s attorney general sued ExxonMobil on Monday, alleging that the company had waged a “campaign of deception” for decades to mislead consumers and convince them that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste. The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of California in San Francisco, says ExxonMobil promoted recycling as a “cure-all for plastic waste,” even […]
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Pictures show floods ravaging Central and Eastern Europe as death toll rises
Floods brought on by days of heavy rainfalls have been ravaging countries including Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Austria, with thousands of people being evacuated as the death toll rises. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday said in a post on social media platform X, that was translated by CNBC, that two more people […]
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Rising floodwaters trigger evacuations in Czech Republic and Poland
A person wades through a flood-affected road, following heavy rainfall in Jesenik, Czech Republic, September 15, 2024. David W Cerny | Reuters Another night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Republic, where floods reached extreme levels on Sunday. Meteorologists have warned the situation still […]
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