March 13, 2024
Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch pipeline buried under a field, sending more than 51 million cubic feet of natural gas hissing into the air. While the incident on Williams Companies’ Northwest …
February 29, 2024
When you consider the types of disaster that might befall a California homeowner, flooding might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But as climate change triggers more erratic weather patterns, bringing more frequent and extreme natural disasters—including …
February 1, 2024
Major U.S. business groups sued California on Tuesday seeking to overturn the state’s new sweeping climate disclosure laws that require companies to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles federal …
January 18, 2024
London isn’t ready to deal with climate risks including flooding and overheating, according to an independent review of government measures. An interim report commissioned by the city’s mayor concluded that the British capital isn’t adapting quickly enough to mounting risks …
January 18, 2024
Career development, artificial intelligence, risk engineering, climate risk disclosure, and geopolitical risks are among the top issues businesses will be talking about in 2024, a new report shows. Sedgwick published its “Connect 2024,” which highlights industry trends and issues for …
January 12, 2024
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit alleging that the fossil fuel industry has downplayed the risks of climate change. Tuesday’s ruling significantly narrows the scope of the suit …
January 8, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear a bid by major fossil fuel companies and an industry trade group to move a lawsuit filed by Minnesota accusing them of worsening climate change out of state court and into federal …
December 21, 2023
As global temperatures and emissions climb, people are increasingly turning to courtrooms to challenge fossil fuel companies’ activities, leading to wins on issues like “climate-washing” but also backlash as companies file countersuits. In the last five years, the number of …
December 15, 2023
EL BOSQUE, Mexico (AP) — People moved to El Bosque on the Gulf of Mexico in the 1980s to fish and build a community. Then climate change set the sea against the town. Flooding driven by some of the world’s …
December 11, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) __ In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a drought. …