The Age of Climate Disaster Is Here MMA: “Revving up adaptation efforts is crucial. No country has adequately prepared for climate change…” Tim HollerAugust 25, 2023
Buried Under the Ice MMA: Researchers--unsure whether rising temperatures have already pushed the ice sheet into irreversible decline Tim HollerAugust 25, 2023
Lex in depth: how investors are underpricing climate risks MMA: “The message is clear: investors ignore long-term climate risks at their peril.” Tim HollerAugust 24, 2023
The Future of Sustainable Cities: A Whole-of-Government Approach to Electric Vehicles MMA: “The stage is set for a transformation…the U.S. allocating over $5 billion in grants for EV infrastructure.” Tim HollerAugust 23, 2023
Bond Investors Warned of ‘Trouble Brewing’ Over Climate Risk MMA: “…an urgent need for regulators to step in and require ratings companies to update their approach…” Tim HollerAugust 21, 2023
Quantifying climate change risks to the cost of municipal borrowing MMA: Reports from Brookings’ summer US Municipal conference Tim HollerAugust 21, 2023
How Global Warming Makes Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Worse MMA: “Many heat waves, cyclones, floods, droughts and wildfires …are now routinely tied to climate change.” Tim HollerAugust 18, 2023
Fire Exposes Flaws in Hawaii’s Defenses Against Climate Shocks MMA: “The devastation from the wildfire … reveals the flaws in Hawaii’s efforts to adapt to climate change” Tim HollerAugust 17, 2023
Climate Change and U.S. Property Insurance: A Stormy Mix MMA: “… homeowners … now face a new risk: disappearing property insurance” Tim HollerAugust 17, 2023
Hawaiian Electric Knew of Wildfire Threat, but Waited Years to Act MMA: “Hawaiian Electric is the latest utility in the Western U.S. to struggle following large wildfires…” Tim HollerAugust 17, 2023
Colorado River Basin ranks among the world’s most water-stressed regions, analysis finds MMA: “…climate change pretty well ensures that this problem continues…” Tim HollerAugust 16, 2023
How bad the climate crisis gets is still up to us. We just have to act MMA: “Studies have shown we have most of the technologies we need to stop burning fossil fuels.” Tim HollerAugust 15, 2023
Planet’s hottest month confirmed while Earth keeps baking MMA: “The record-setting July follows the planet’s warmest June on record.” Tim HollerAugust 15, 2023
The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think MMA: “… renewables are now expected to overtake coal by 2025 as the world’s largest source of electricity.” Tim HollerAugust 12, 2023
Maui fires not just due to climate change but a ‘compound disaster’ MMA: “…a compound disaster, where many different agents acted together to make the fires so horrific.” Tim HollerAugust 12, 2023
How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air MMA: $3.5-billion fund dedicated to developing the machines …to stop the worst effects of climate change.” Tim HollerAugust 11, 2023
How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox MMA: “As the planet heats up, no place is protected from disasters.” Tim HollerAugust 10, 2023
As climate change worsens, military eyes base of the future on Gulf Coast MMA: “The Pentagon … calls climate change a critical national security threat and threat multiplier Tim HollerAugust 6, 2023
Big Oil’s Talent Crisis: High Salaries Are No Longer Enough MMA: “…the industry is facing a worsening talent drought.” Tim HollerAugust 6, 2023
Climate Change: State and Local Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicles MMA: GAO report--transportation sector –"the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.” Tim HollerAugust 3, 2023