Colorado’s Most Destructive Wildfire Caused by Embers From Old Fire, Sparks From Power Line June 12, 2023 By Jesse Bedayn, Colleen Slevin and Mead Gruver Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line caused a Colorado...
California Insurers’ Inability to Price Risk Is Causing Headaches June 7, 2023 By Eric Roston California regulations restrict insurers from using sophisticated computer models to consider the rapidly growing wildfire risks from climate change —...
Climate Change, Wildfire Risk and State Farm’s California Decision June 1, 2023 By Don Jergler Several reasons were given within State Farm’s announcement last week the carrier was no longer writing new personal or business...
Utah Allocates Millions to Prepare for Flood Damage After Wet Winter May 24, 2023 By Sam Metz As the winter’s record snowpack melts and cascades down from the Rockies, Utah lawmakers set aside millions of dollars to...
Wisconsin Regulators Settle Wastewater Suit with Large Dairy Farm May 17, 2023 By Todd Richmond One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy operations has reached a settlement with state environmental regulators to that calls for the company...
Seattle Paying $2.3M to Whistleblowers Over Ex-Mayor’s Deleted Texts May 17, 2023 The city of Seattle will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by employees who helped reveal that thousands...
Football Player with Down Syndrome Sues Ohio College for Discrimination May 17, 2023 An Ohio man who was the first person with Down syndrome to play and score a point in a college...
Tornado Hit South Texas Near The Gulf Coast, Damaging Dozens of Homes May 15, 2023 By JULIO CORTEZ and Ken Miller One person was killed and a curfew was imposed after a powerful tornado tore through a community near the southern...
Youth Lawsuit Challenging Montana’s Pro-Fossil Fuel Policies Heading to Trial May 15, 2023 By Amy Beth Hanson, Matthew Brown and Drew Costley A Montana judge said a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to...
5.5M Earthquake, Large Aftershock Hit Northern May 15, 2023 Earthquakes have rattled a large area of Northern California this week, but only minor damage was immediately reported. A magnitude...