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Growing Wildfire Risk Leaves States Grappling With How to Keep Insurers From Fleeing

May 1 2024 // Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news—their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk...

Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp Now Faces $30B Claim Demand in Oregon Wildfires

May 1 2024 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp now faces a demand for $30 billion from victims of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day wildfires, an escalation of a legal onslaught on the largest grid operator in the western...

‘Buffett Got it Wrong’ on California Fire Risk: PG&E CEO

Apr 29 2024 // Warren Buffett’s warning that wildfires have turned utilities across the western US into risky investments is mistaken — at least in California, according to the head of the state’s largest electricity...

New Jersey Forest Service Says 510-Acre Wharton Wildfire Is 100% Contained

Apr 25 2024 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said it has reached 100% containment of a 510-acre wildfire in the area of Jackson Rd. in Wharton State Forest. The fire burned in both Waterford Twp, Camden County and Shamong Twp,...

Hawaii Lawmakers Take Aim at Vacation Rentals After Wildfire Amplifies Housing Crisis

Apr 24 2024 // Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving as a single mother of two to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced...

Wildfires in Canada’s Oil Sands Region Prompts Evacuation Orders

Apr 23 2024 // Wildfires erupted across Canada’s main oil producing province of Alberta and an evacuation order was issued as the region braces for a repeat of last year’s unprecedented season. Members of the indigenous first...

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