by Beth Holmes | Jun 12, 2023 | Business, Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Home insurance is becoming a hotter market, as climate change makes some homes all but uninsurable. Last week, State Farm, the largest insurance firm in the United States, announced that they would no longer be accepting new applications for homeowner insurance in...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The death toll of air pollution is around nine million lives per year, according to two new reports published this week by medical journals. On Tuesday, the Lancet Planetary Health journal published a report by Richard Fuller. This report compiled analyses of health...
by Beth Holmes | May 29, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Information, Sustainability
AmazonFACE is Brazil’s massive new investigation to understand just how much carbon dioxide their massive rainforest can handle, and what will be the point of no return. AmazonFACE stands for Free Air CO2 Enrichment, and the project includes a large complex of...
by Beth Holmes | May 22, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
A youth lawsuit is proceeding against Montana for its pro-fossil fuel policies, regarding the rights of young people to an unpolluted future. 16 plaintiffs between the ages of 5 and 22 are represented in a case meant to point a finger at the state’s...
by Beth Holmes | May 15, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
The April heat wave in Spain this year would not have been possible without human-caused climate change, a new study finds. In late April, a heat wave spiked across Spain and Portugal into Algeria and Morocco. Temperatures got as high as 105.8F (41C), in a time of...
