Hot 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 ArticleSki 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...
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 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 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 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 ArticleRebuilding 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...
View ArticleSki 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...
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 ArticleRebuilding 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...
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...
View ArticleSki 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...
View ArticleRebuilding 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...
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...
View ArticleSki 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...
View ArticleRebuilding 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...
View ArticleHow 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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