Over the past decade, climate-fueled extreme weather events and rising inflation have pushed the homeowners insurance market to the brink. Things stand to get even worse this year. A new report from insurance comparison agency Insurify projects that home insurance rates will rise by an average of 8 percent in 2025 across the U.S. States […]
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California farmworker communities win right to be notified of pesticide applications in advance
After decades of pressure from farmworkers and their allies, California launched a statewide system to warn communities before they’re exposed to toxic pesticides. But health concerns remain.
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Trump administration launches all-out assault on environmental protection
After Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced 31 separate actions Wednesday to roll back restrictions on air and water pollution, hand over more authority to states and relinquish EPA’s mandate to act on climate change under the Clean Air Act, environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”
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Moss Landing battery fire leads to health fears, evidence of contamination and concerns about overreaction
Residents around the Moss Landing battery facility in northern Monterey County describe experiences of sore throats and other symptoms. The energy storage industry insists that this incident is an extreme outlier.
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Making sense of the giant Moss Landing fire that could set back energy storage
Last week’s blaze at the Moss Landing Power Plant could have been worse because of the plant’s design and the types of batteries used.
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Misinformation spreads like wildfire on the internet while L.A. neighborhoods burn
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources – including from President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire backer Elon Musk – distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for the most destructive fire in its history.
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Agricultural poisons tell a tale of two Californias
The Golden Rule doesn’t apply in the Golden State when it comes to protecting Latino and Indigenous farmworker communities from toxic pesticides.
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Hindered wildfire response, costlier agriculture likely if Trump dismantles NOAA, experts warn
Many industries rely on the agency’s weather and climate data. Even a small gap in its operations could raise food prices and drastically disrupt how people navigate the West’s changing climate.
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The Earth’s colors are changing — and climate change could be partially to blame
Over the past few decades, many of the hues that people have come to expect in nature have been thrown out of whack or changed altogether. In some cases, climate change could be to blame, a growing body of research shows.
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As solar booms in California desert, locals feel ‘overburdened’
The country’s largest area designated for solar energy, Desert Center shows how sprawls of photovoltaic panels affect communities. Even supporters of the energy transition can find dealing with the developments challenging.
