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Rising sea level will affect 2 million in U.S. by 2050, analysis finds
When a particularly high tide lands on a beach in northern Los Angeles County, there is no dry sand left to stand on. It’s named Broad Beach, even though it has been disappearing steadily for decades....
View ArticleThe EPA will dole out $4.3 billion to cut greenhouse gas emissions over the...
The EPA will dole out $4.3 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to cut pollution and combat climate change over the next six years. Hundreds of local municipalities, states and tribes applied to...
View ArticleIs extreme heat changing where people live and work in the U.S.?
While the country is in the middle of yet another heat wave, “Marketplace Morning Report” is taking a closer look at how climate influences long-term patterns of where people live and work in the...
View ArticleNew organization to measure whether companies’ carbon removal plans actually...
Carbon removal is exactly what it sounds like: taking planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it away in plants, or soil or the ocean. It might sound cool, but right now there...
View ArticleEnergy transition progress report: We’re 10% of the way there
The U.S. and others have set a goal to get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the economy by the year 2050. The McKinsey Global Institute is just out with a new report called “The Hard Stuff:...
View ArticleSchools across the U.S. are dealing with record heat — and no air conditioning
Students are returning to school this month and next, and for millions of them, their classrooms will be hot. More than 10,000 schools nationwide lack air conditioning, according to the Center for...
View ArticleClimate change is leading to higher utility bills — and not just because of...
You may have noticed that your electric bill is higher these days than it used to be. Maybe a lot higher. Many utilities around the country have asked for permission to raise rates in the last few...
View ArticleAs weather disasters intensify, state and local governments are footing more...
Hurricane Milton is barreling towards Florida’s Gulf Coast, where it’s expected to make landfall tomorrow night. Meanwhile, folks across the southeast are still assessing the damages caused by...
View ArticleFunding for climate tech startups is waning. Much of it’s moving to AI.
Globally, climate-tech companies raised more than $10 billion in equity financing in the third quarter of 2024. That appears to be a lot of money, but it actually puts the full-year funding for green...
View ArticleThe weather’s been unusually warm this fall. That’s affecting what we buy —...
The weather this fall has not been feeling particularly autumnal. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, last month’s average temperature in the lower 48 states was 59...
View ArticleIs the Florida insurance market really “stabilizing”?
Back in the summer of 2022, in an interview for the Marketplace podcast “How We Survive,” Mark Friedlander described the Florida property insurance market as “hanging on a shoestring.” Friedlander is...
View ArticleIs Sweden’s green tech in trouble?
This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. A crisis at one of Sweden’s most successful green tech startups is at risk damaging the country’s reputation as a world leader in climate...
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Warm winters driven by climate change spell bad news for snowplowers
When there’s a big snowfall in the Cleveland area, Andy Lenart is out plowing his neighbors driveways. He doesn’t own a plowing business per se. He’s like a lot of plowers in this part of the country:...
View ArticleAs Europe uses more renewable energy, U.S. lags behind
We learned late last week that a record 47% of the European Union’s electricity is now generated by renewable energy sources. That’s according to a report from the global energy think tank Ember....
View ArticleSurvey shows more Americans worried about cost of fighting climate change
Most Americans support government action on climate change, but a growing minority worry it will harm the economy, according to survey data from Stanford University and Resources for the Future. The...
View ArticleHot real estate these days is also climate resilient
Eva Davis is a real estate agent in Washington, D.C., and almost every one of her clients these days is asking about climate risks. “I would say flood risk is definitely the biggest one,” she said....
View ArticleMoney starts flowing from national “green bank”
For more than 15 years, Reed Hundt has been pushing for a national “green bank” that would use public money to attract private investment in the clean energy transition. “A green bank is a publicly...
View ArticleFor millennia, the Arctic absorbed more carbon than it emitted. That’s changed.
This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual Arctic Report Card. It contained sobering news about the state of the tundra. NOAA reported that after storing...
View ArticleTrump says he’ll claw back unspent money from the IRA. That may not be easy.
Among the many promises President-elect Donald Trump laid out on the campaign trail: clawing back unspent Inflation Reduction Act funds. That’s the bill signed by President Joe Biden in 2022 that’s...
View ArticleRecent hurricanes could test the growing catastrophe bond market
As climate change triggers more extreme weather and related disasters, the market for catastrophe bonds is on track for a record year. But potential losses from Hurricanes Helene and Milton could test...
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Ski resorts rely on snowmaking to get through winter. Climate change is...
A few days before Thanksgiving, Mark Nelson had hoped to be making snow at Bolton Valley Resort in northern Vermont. But instead, hoses hooked up to air compressors were just blowing air out over the...
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Rebuilding after a fire: lessons from previous disasters
As fires continue to burn in the Los Angeles area, thousands of people who lost their homes are now confronted with difficult decisions — including whether to rebuild and how to do so in a way that...
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How union labor could shape Colorado’s climate goals
States across the country have big goals for renewable energy and carbon emission reductions. Meeting these goals requires development of renewable energy projects at scale, and the workforce to do...
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After the pandemic and a few rough winters, snowmobile industry faces...
On the shores of Starvation Lake in Northern Michigan, the Hideaway Bar is a popular spot for snowmobilers to thaw out after hours riding the trails. Curtis Goings and his buddies are here. They came...
View ArticleHigh fire risk hasn’t yet harmed home values in California cities
Here’s today’s shocking stat: The U.S. real estate that faces major wildfire risk is worth $9 trillion. For flood risk, it’s $7 trillion. For wind risk: $17 trillion. These numbers all come from a new...
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