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Here’s the first-ever map showing wildfire risk to American homes

New data was used to calculate fire risk to residential and other properties throughout the lower 48 United States. The threats are rising.

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Adam Tooze: Green mortgages - homes need to catch up to climate change

a huge part of the climate problem is generated by us, simply living our daily lives, at home or at work.

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How lenders aim to profit from climate change

HSBC, Bank of the West and Fannie Mae are among those offering green mortgage bonds, financing commercial clients’ efforts to rein in carbon emissions and developing other novel products that help customers tackle environmental challenges.

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First major real estate website adds flood risk to listings

Realtor.com has become the first site to disclose information about a home's flood risk, and how climate change could increase that risk in the coming decades, potentially signaling a major shift in consumers' access to information about climate threats.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Here’s the first-ever map showing wildfire risk to American homes

Even U.S. bankers are getting anxious about climate change

Adam Tooze: Green mortgages - homes need to catch up to climate change

How lenders aim to profit from climate change

First major real estate website adds flood risk to listings

Tim Dunn, evangelical oil magnate, aims to boost Trump’s campaign

Citizen scientists map New Hampshire’s beaches

Texas’ new appellate court raises concerns for environmentalists

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way