How Monsanto’s Climate Unit Is Changing Risk Profile of Farmers August 25, 2016 By Don Jergler It caught my eye when Monsanto Co. subsidiary Climate Corp. announced last week it was creating the “Industry’s First In-Field...
See More Heat, Fire Danger in Store for Southern California August 16, 2016 More high heat and elevated fire danger is in store for much of Southern California, especially interior areas. The National...
Wildfire Destroys More than 100 Homes in Northern California August 15, 2016 A wildfire stuck a Northern California town still recovering from a massive fire nearly a year ago, destroying more than...
Data Centers’ Use of Water for Cooling Has Investors Concerned August 11, 2016 By Justin Morton Data centers, used by governments and large corporations to house their computer systems, have one big environmental problem: They get...
Climate Change Exposes U.S. Infrastructure to Natural Hazards, Rand Corp. Says July 14, 2016 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part column. A follow up column will focus on how catastrophe modelers...
Following Two Days of Broken Western Heat Records Comes a Respite June 22, 2016 By Mark Chediak Residents of Southern California and the Southwest were looking for a break after some of the hottest weather in decades...
El Niño Wreaks Havoc in February with Fiji Cyclone, Floods & Drought: Aon Report March 8, 2016 The Southern Hemisphere registered its strongest tropical cyclone on record during February with Tropical Cyclone Winston, according to Impact Forecasting,...
El Niño Could Signal Easing of California Drought, Says Official February 4, 2016 By Scott Smith In the strongest indication yet that the California drought could be easing, officials said strict water conservation orders could be...
Supply Chains Thwart Climate Risk Management for 75 Major Companies: Report January 26, 2016 By Jessica Shankleman Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and 73 other companies that together buy more than $2 trillion of goods and...
Losses for Washington from Drought Estimated at $336M January 8, 2016 Washington farmers have lost at least $336 million due to the ongoing drought, a figure that is likely to climb...