Newsletter Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash Hurricane Idalia could become 2023’s costliest climate disaster for the US Analysts estimate the category 3 storm has already racked up a preliminary cost of $9.36bn, straining the insurance industry.
Newsletter Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash FEMA forced to restrict disaster spending because of low funds From now on, the money will be used only for “critical response efforts” and not rebuilding.
NewsletterNASA Johnson/Flickr Bill McKibben: Hurricane Idalia’s explosive power comes from abnormally hot oceans By burning fossil fuels, humans force the oceans to soak up the heat equivalent of a Hiroshima-size bomb, over and over again.
ResilienceGage Skidmore/Flickr/ DeSantis rejected $350 million in climate funding before Hurricane Idalia The Florida governor rejected millions in climate funding. Now his state is suffering from a storm fueled by climate change.
Newsletter Photo by Craig Cameron on Unsplash Hurricane heads for state still recovering from 2022 storm An "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Idalia is projected to bring lethal flooding and winds to a low-income, poorly insured region of Florida.
As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
