Schlagwort: Wildfires
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In Texas, as in California, big fires lead to big lawsuits
Electric utility Xcel is facing several lawsuits over its role in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, highlighting a growing threat to…
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Many homes burned in the Texas wildfires weren’t insured, creating a steep path to recovery
Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers. Quelle: https://grist.org/wildfires/many-homes-burned-in-the-texas-wildfires-werent-insured-creating-a-steep-path-to-recovery/...
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How climate change primed Texas to burn
The state's high plains get a month more fire weather now than they did in the 1970s. Quelle: https://grist.org/wildfires/how-climate-change-primed-texas-to-burn/...
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Insurance companies are going after Hawaiian Electric to reimburse Lahaina fire claims
Insurers have paid more than $1 billion in claims related to the Lahaina wildfires and want reimbursement from the utility.…
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Drought Extreme Heat Extreme Weather news Wildfires
Extreme weather cost $80 billion this year. The true price is far higher.
The U.S. saw 25 billion-dollar weather disasters this year — more than ever before. Next year could be worse. Quelle:…
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What Canada’s most expensive disaster ever teaches us about climate change
The author of "Fire Weather," a National Book Award finalist, on the unimaginable reality of disaster. Quelle: https://grist.org/wildfires/fire-weather-john-vaillant-qa/...
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