Hawaii Outlines Efforts to Prevent Another Devastating Wildfire Ahead of a Dry Season May 21, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher As Maui continues to recover from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, Hawaii officials are looking at...
Delos and Lloyd’s Insurer to Expand Vacant Home Insurance in California May 6, 2024 Delos Insurance Solutions plans to offer wildfire insurance to more California policyholders with vacant properties. Delos is expanding coverage availability...
New Storms Hit California as Wet Winter Brings More Flooding, Winds and Heavy Snowfall February 19, 2024 AccuWeather meteorologists on Sunday forecasted the “relentless wet pattern” will continue for residents along the West Coast at least the...
Fire Restrictions Across Much Of Western Nevada Lifted After Six Weeks September 11, 2023 Cooler temperatures and increasing moisture levels allowed state and federal public land managers last week to lift fire restrictions that...
California Voting on Increasing Storage At Site of Massive Methane Leak Despite Risks September 1, 2023 By Robert Jablon and Julie Watson California officials are expected to vote on a proposal to increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest...
California Awards $8M for Community Resilience Projects June 2, 2023 The California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research announced $8 million in project awards through Round I of the Adaptation...
Climate Change Not ‘Serious Risk’ to Financial Stability, Fed’s Waller Says May 12, 2023 By Howard Schneider Climate change does not pose such “significantly unique or material” financial stability risks that the Federal Reserve should treat it...
Google’s Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say April 20, 2023 By Julia Love and Davey Alba Shortly before Google introduced Bard, its AI chatbot, to the public in March, it asked employees to test the tool....
Groups Say Fire Retardant Injunction Would Increase Western U.S. Risks ‘Dramatically’ March 10, 2023 By Don Jergler Several groups of associations, cities and counties are attempting to challenge a case in Montana they say has the potential...
Forecast Calls for High Risk of Wildfires in Central Oregon May 10, 2022 As summer approaches forecasters say Central Oregon has the highest fire risk of anywhere in the state. Oregon Public Broadcasting...