Floods, Drought Are Destroying Crops and Sparking Food Inflation October 23, 2020 By Fabiana Batista, Agnieszka de Sousa and Mai Ngoc Chau Wild weather is wreaking havoc on crops around the world, sending their prices skyrocketing. On wheat farms in the U.S....
Insurance Costs Too Steep? Try Writing Your Own October 23, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn LONDON — Fed up with rising prices and more stringent terms and conditions for their insurance policies as a result...
Monsanto Loses Final Appeal Over French Farmer’s Weedkiller Accident October 23, 2020 Bayer’s Monsanto division on Wednesday lost a final appeal in a long-running French legal battle in which the crop chemical...
Some Alaska Phones Beyond Danger Received Tsunami Warning October 23, 2020 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Some Alaska residents received tsunami warnings on their cellphones following an earthquake earlier this week, including customers...
Investors Gauge Future Climate Risks With Satellite Imaging October 23, 2020 By Alastair Marsh The world was watching end-of-days scenes: Firefighters in yellow jackets, blurry against a copper sky, battled to push back walls...
California Braces for Most Dangerous Fire Weather of 2020 October 23, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Brian K. Sullivan California is bracing for the most powerful gusts of the 2020 fire season, raising the threat of more blazes and...
N.C. Judge First to Favor Policyholders in COVID-19 Closure Lawsuit October 23, 2020 By Jim Sams A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor...
Nuclear Plants in South Carolina, Missouri Face the Highest Quake Risks October 22, 2020 By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON — The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone...
Tesla’s Release of New ‘Self-Driving’ Software Closely Watched by U.S. Regulator October 22, 2020 By Tina Bellon and David Shepardson The U.S. auto safety regulator on Thursday said it was closely watching Tesla Inc’s release of a software version intended...
More Fire-Prevention Power Shutoffs Possible in California October 22, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Electricity may be shut off to about 54,000 Northern California utility customers this week to try to...