How Long Can We Keep Living in Hotboxes Like Phoenix? MMA: Summary of challenging conditions in Phoenix Tim HollerJuly 24, 2023
Why California and Florida Have Become Almost Uninsurable MMA: Analysis: “Insurance companies are curtailing business in the two states.” Tim HollerJuly 21, 2023
Biden Administration Moves to Raise the Cost of Drilling on Federal Lands MMA: “About half of that money would go to states, … a third would be used to fund water projects …” Tim HollerJuly 20, 2023
‘We are not prepared’: Disasters spread as climate change strikes MMA: “…extreme weather is testing the ability of even a rich nation like the United States …” Tim HollerJuly 15, 2023
The exceedingly low odds of Vermont’s flooding disaster, visualized MMA: NOAA estimates the likelihood of extreme rainfall … and doesn’t take climate change into account” Tim HollerJuly 13, 2023
Farmers Insurance is leaving Florida in latest blow to homeowners MMA: “It’s the fourth company to leave the Florida market in the last year…” Tim HollerJuly 11, 2023
Measuring State Climate Ambition through New Research with RMI MMA: State-by-state evaluation of climate efforts to date Tim HollerJuly 11, 2023
Florida ocean temperatures at ‘downright shocking’ levels MMA: “Scientists also attribute the widespread heat of the global ocean waters to human-caused climate change” Tim HollerJuly 10, 2023
San Francisco’s Aging Infrastructure Isn’t Ready for Its Wetter Future MMA: City-funded study recommends SF “to dramatically update its storm water infrastructure…” Tim HollerJuly 8, 2023
Investment banks squabble over carbon footprint of underwriting deals MMA: “…bankers have been reluctant to acknowledge the climate impact of their underwriting work…” Tim HollerJuly 7, 2023
Heat Records Are Broken Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast MMA: “The planet just experienced its warmest June ever recorded…” Tim HollerJuly 6, 2023
HVAC Choices for Student Health and Learning MMA: RMI: “around 41 percent of school districts need to update or replace HVAC systems in their schools.” Tim HollerJuly 5, 2023
Commercial-Scale Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Approved MMA: “Federal approval was the last regulatory step …it expects to begin operation in late 2024 or early 2025” Tim HollerJuly 5, 2023
How distorted insurance pricing obscures customers’ climate risks MMA: “…state-level regulation of insurance premiums …creates persistent cross-subsidies and distorts pricing.” Tim HollerJuly 5, 2023
Financial models on climate risk ‘implausible’, say actuaries MMA: “Financial institutions often did not understand the assumptions baked into the models…” Tim HollerJuly 4, 2023
Canada Offers Lesson in the Economic Toll of Climate Change MMA: “Large reinsurers pulled back from the Canadian market after several crippling payouts…” Tim HollerJuly 3, 2023
A Climate Laggard in America’s Industrial Heartland Has a Plan to Change, Fast MMA:“The centerpiece is based on a 58-page “MI Healthy Climate” plan offered by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer” Tim HollerJuly 2, 2023
Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal' MMA: “…wildfires are consuming three times more of the United States and Canada each year than in the 1980s…” Tim HollerJuly 1, 2023
Climate Change Can Turn Snow Into Rain, Raising Risks in Mountain Zones MMA: “…rain tends to produce more hazards for humans than snow does, including floods, landslides …” Tim HollerJune 28, 2023
Extreme Weather Risk in a Changing Climate: Enhancing prediction and protecting communities MMA: “Extreme weather disasters have caused over $1 trillion in damages over the last seven years…” Tim HollerJune 28, 2023