United States

US home insurance rates are rising fast with climate change fuelling more severe weather

Wednesday - Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country.

Toxic chemical releases during flooding are a silent and growing threat

Monday - Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants were in Hurricane Helene’s path as the powerful storm flooded communities across the Southeast of the United States.

Why Chevron is sponsoring Hurricane Helene journalism

Monday - The oil giant wants to convince the public that its new ultra-high-pressure offshore drilling project, Anchor, is climate-friendly.

Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US

Monday - Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion.

Carbon offset pioneer charged with $100 million fraud scheme

Friday - US regulators say Australian national Ken Newcombe faked data for carbon credits investment. The Goldman and World Bank veteran denies the allegations but is facing up to 20 years in jail.

A federal attempt to foster ‘high-integrity voluntary carbon markets’ falls short

Friday - New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.”

Climate was a top question at the vice presidential debate

3 Oct 24 - Both candidates actually answered — sort of.

Trump calls climate change a ‘scam’ after Hurricane Helene hammers states

1 Oct 24 - Donald Trump has sparked controversy for declaring that climate change is “one of the great scams” after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction, killing more than 100 people, across the...

California sues ExxonMobil for deceiving the public about plastic recycling

30 Sep 24 - California is suing oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for allegedly lying to the public about the promise of plastic recycling, the state’s attorney general announced.

House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales

27 Sep 24 - The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric...

Meat producer sued over emissions reduction promises

26 Sep 24 - The Environmental Working Group alleges that the world’s second-largest meat producer is misleading consumers by labeling a line of its beef “climate smart.”

Why climate change investment pays off

25 Sep 24 - The cost of inaction on climate change far outweighs the cost of proactive investment, says new analysis issued at New York Climate Week.

Trump looms over Climate Week as UN returns

24 Sep 24 - Discussions about the U.S. election are expected to shape the environmental mega-gathering.

‘A break from the heat’: Americans most affected by climate crisis head midwest

24 Sep 24 - Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere.

Democrats seek to tax fossil fuel companies over climate change

16 Sep 24 - A large group of Democrats is looking to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate change.

Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities face a key test

16 Sep 24 - Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities are facing key tests in the coming weeks, beginning with a vote by the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday night.

The presidential debate proved that climate change is not at centre of 2024 election

13 Sep 24 - Climate change remains on the backburner of the US 2024 election following little mention of environmental policy during the first debate between the two presidential candidates.

California farmers turn to agave amid drought conditions and climate change

13 Sep 24 - Most of the United States' fruits and nuts, like avocados and almonds, come from California.

Climate experts lament Harris’s vow to keep fracking in debate with ‘walking oil spill’ Trump

12 Sep 24 - Harris has a progressive record on climate but indicated a shift, probably to assuage voters in swing states