Home Insurance Rates in America Are Wildly Distorted. Here’s Why.
Climate change is driving rates higher, but not always in areas with the greatest risk.
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Climate change is driving rates higher, but not always in areas with the greatest risk.
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Insurance premiums are surging unevenly across the country. Your rates might be out of step with risks.
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In tiny Wymore, Neb., a sleek new battery-powered school bus became a Rorschach test for the future.
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Both have gotten caught up in fights over plastic packaging. When Costco recently tried to trim its plastic use by selling rotisserie chickens in bags, some shoppers disapproved.
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As Solar Power Surges, U.S. Wind Is in Trouble
A 2022 climate law was expected to set off a boom in renewable energy. So far, that’s only come partly true.
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The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish
Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.
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A New Surge in Power Use Is Threatening U.S. Climate Goals
A boom in data centers and factories is straining electric grids and propping up fossil fuels.
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Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.
Did you know the “recycling” symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game, then read about why this is so tricky.
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Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.
What’s causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small.
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How the Home Insurance Market Became So Distorted
Climate change and widely varied state regulations could mean you’re paying too much or far too little to insure your home.
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A Seismic Supreme Court Decision
Here’s how the end of the Chevron doctrine could affect climate regulation.
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Biden vs. Trump on Climate Policy
Ahead of the first presidential debate, we examined the climate stakes in this year’s election.
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The Heat Crisis Is a Housing Crisis
A lack of affordable housing and high energy costs are making Americans more vulnerable to record-breaking heat, public health experts say.
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On-air meteorologists have become a target in the culture wars as they report on the effects of climate change.
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The state has had more than 3,500 wildfires this year, and the peak of the annual fire season has yet to arrive.
By Jill Cowan
In books and articles he wrote about the militarization of space and believed that investing in exploration would ultimately “protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.”
By Sam Roberts
Climate change is causing more fires to burn overnight, growing bigger, lasting longer and challenging the fire teams trying to control them.
By Austyn Gaffney
Melting glaciers on Peru’s highest mountain helped uncover the body of Bill Stampfl, who disappeared while climbing the mountain with two friends.
By Yan Zhuang and Mitra Taj
New restrictions are meant to reduce damage during floods. The rules were first proposed in 2016, then the Trump administration scrapped them.
By Christopher Flavelle
The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce greenhouse gas emissions. Some experts have faulted the company’s calculations.
By Ivan Penn and Eli Tan
Analysts warn that the Labour Party’s proposals are unlikely to be cheap and could come at the cost of jobs in the oil and gas industry.
By Stanley Reed
Using ground-based radars, he pioneered measurement techniques that scientists now use to chart geographical changes on Earth.
By Michael S. Rosenwald
A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.
By Jack Ewing
An Oklahoma Republican who led the Environment Committee, he took hard-right stands on many issues but was especially vocal in challenging evidence of global warming.
By Robert D. McFadden
After thousands of sequoias were destroyed by extreme wildfires, tribes are conducting cultural burns.
By Jim Robbins and Eros Hoagland
July has brought a record-breaking hurricane, early-season wildfires and triple-digit temperatures. Judson Jones, a meteorologist and reporter, cleared up the connections between the events.
By Emmett Lindner
Temperature records have been shattered from California and Nevada to North Carolina in the last few days, and relief is still days away, forecasters say.
By Jacey Fortin and Jonathan Wolfe
More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry.
By Jeanne Timmons
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The Danish capital is offering free museum tours, art workshops and more to visitors who take part in climate-friendly initiatives.
By Ceylan Yeğinsu
Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease.
By Kang-Chun Cheng and Apoorva Mandavilli
In this monsoon season, so far there have been more than 60 weather-related fatalities. With roads cut off and more rain expected, the toll could rise.
By Bhadra Sharma
Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, endured days of temperatures above 100 Fahrenheit, made worse by power cuts and high humidity.
By Zia ur-Rehman
Oil sands companies pushing a carbon capture project shut down their website after a law banning misleading environmental claims was passed.
By Ian Austen
To help make the Olympic Games in Paris greener, Le Pavé, a manufacturing start-up, is making podiums and stadium seating out of recycled plastic.
By Liz Alderman
A new analysis shows increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes could cause more devastating interruptions to the power grid.
By Austyn Gaffney
The new government, to be led by Labour, has pledged to fast-track a green energy transition. It will face big challenges.
By Somini Sengupta
Residents moved to Mountain House, Calif., to escape soaring housing costs near the coast. Now, they just have to survive the searing summer heat.
By Jonathan Wolfe and Mike Kai Chen
Gathering data from directly inside the storm can help emergency managers prepare for what’s to come.
By Austyn Gaffney
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The agency reached a settlement with the automaker over the sales of SUVs and pickups that emitted excess planet-warming carbon dioxide.
By Coral Davenport
Five bulls from the area around a Kenyan wildlife reserve have been shot and killed in Tanzania in recent months. The countries have very different conservation strategies.
By Shola Lawal
Global warming is hitting the entire Northeast particularly hard, according to figures provided by Climate Central, a nonprofit group.
By Hilary Howard
The speed of decline in the Juneau Ice Field, an expanse of 1,050 interconnected glaciers, has doubled in recent decades, scientists discovered.
By Raymond Zhong
The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.
By Jack Ewing
The proposed regulation comes as California and Oregon brace for a punishing heat wave.
By Lisa Friedman and Noah Weiland
Cargo ships off California are reducing speeds as part of an unusual race designed to protect some very large local residents.
By Cara Buckley
President Biden had paused new natural gas export terminals to assess their effects on the climate, economy and national security. A federal judge disagreed.
By Coral Davenport
Flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., over the weekend showed how wildfire damage, worsening under climate change, can put people at even greater risk than the fires themselves.
By Austyn Gaffney
You need to weigh your budget, but it does have benefits. Including some that are not obvious.
By Susan Shain
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Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Coral Davenport
A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.
By Adam Liptak
The Interior Department rejected a proposed industrial road through pristine land in Alaska that was needed to reach an estimated $7.5 billion copper deposit.
By Lisa Friedman
Stress, ovarian cancer, buoyancy disorders: Every pet has its troubles, and needs a good doctor who makes house calls.
By Emily Anthes and Nic Coury
Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story.
By Raymond Zhong, Jason Gulley, Karen Hanley and Alexandra Ostasiewicz
The calf, named Wakan Gli, is said to fulfill a Lakota prophecy that brings hope, but its birth is also a sign that more must be done to protect the Earth, a Lakota spiritual leader says.
By Aimee Ortiz
Half of the water flowing through regional river basins starts in so-called ephemeral streams. Last year, the Supreme Court curtailed federal protections for these waterways.
By Brad Plumer
Three states challenged the administration’s “good neighbor” plan, meant to protect downwind states from harmful emissions.
By Adam Liptak
A new Pew Research Center survey finds Republican support for wind, solar and electric vehicles has tanked since President Biden was elected, mostly among those 65 and older.
By Lisa Friedman
The high temperatures blamed for the deaths of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia are taking a broad toll in countries that have spent vast sums to attract tourists and investors.
By Ben Hubbard
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As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising new story.
By Raymond Zhong
A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.
By Emily Anthes
President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments.
By Lisa Friedman
Many American dams are aging and in need of serious repairs. Climate change only makes the problem more urgent.
By Mitch Smith
VW and Rivian, a maker of electric trucks that has struggled to increase sales and break even, will work together on software and other technologies.
By Jack Ewing
The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings.
By Damien Cave and Somini Sengupta
As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people.
By Somini Sengupta
In a changing climate, extreme wildfire events are becoming far more common and more intense, according to a new analysis.
By Austyn Gaffney
The number of deaths during the annual Islamic pilgrimage raised questions about Saudi Arabia’s preparations for intense heat and unregistered participants.
By Cassandra Vinograd and Vivian Nereim
A sharp increase in hardware orbiting Earth could mean more harmful metals lingering in the atmosphere, according to a new study.
By Austyn Gaffney
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With the sea creatures making up a growing share of illegal animal seizures around the world, U.S. officials are working to overcome struggles to safely house them.
By Jason Bittel
The heat was especially oppressive in urban areas of New Jersey, a state that climate experts say is warming at a faster rate than others in the Northeast.
By Erin Nolan and Mark Bonamo
A storm left about 9,000 people without power for three days.
By Kate Selig
The state agreed to take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. It’s the latest of several victories for youth-led climate lawsuits.
By David Gelles
Previously, local council and planning groups in Britain had to weigh only the planet-warming emissions from their own operations.
By Jenny Gross
In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City this week.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
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