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 | Jan 10, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Patagonia is the end of the world, if anyplace is, and it’s burning. Perched at the very southernmost tip of South America, the mountainous, fjord-crossed region is an inhabited wilderness. Almost 2 million people live there, on either side of the border between...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2021 | Business, Conservation, Environmental hazards
The Dixie Fire, started by a tree down on Pacific Gas & Electric power lines in California, has prompted the energy giant to finally bury its high-energy lines in a safety measure long overdue. On July 13, 2021, a tree fell onto an unsecured PG&E power line in...
by Admin | Aug 23, 2019 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
New research from Montana State University shows that with wildfires in the west becoming inevitable, communities that rethink what it means to live with them rather than simply rebuilding will fare better in the long run. The paper, recently published in the journal...
by Admin | Sep 19, 2018 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
There’s little doubt among scientific-minded people that man-made climate change is largely responsible for the recent increase in wildfires in the United States. Extreme weather conditions are on the rise—large swaths of land are hotter and drier today than they’ve...
