Wildfires Race Across US as Drought Spans Half the Nation April 10, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal An unusually hot, snowless winter has fueled a fast start to the spring fire season across large swaths of the...
GAO: Wind Risk Linked to Larger Insurance Premium Jumps Than Wildfire April 7, 2026 A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that average premium increases between risk levels are larger for wind...
EPA Watchdog Finds Nation’s Most Toxic Sites Are Vulnerable to Flooding, Wildfires April 2, 2026 By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential...
Nebraska Fires Burn Grazing Lands, Threaten Plans to Grow US Cattle Herd March 23, 2026 By Tom Polansek Massive wildfires have burned vast swaths of grazing lands in Nebraska, endangering cattle producers’ plans for production increases that could...
EU Countries Give Final Approval to 2040 Climate Target for 90% Emissions Cut March 6, 2026 By Kate Abnett and Charlotte Van Campenhout European Union countries gave the final approval on Thursday to a new climate target to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90%...
Study Finds Warming World Increases Days When Weather Is Prone to Fires February 23, 2026 By Seth Borenstein The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has...
Texas Fire Threat to Worsen as Oklahoma Panhandle Burns February 20, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal A fast-moving wildfire in the Oklahoma panhandle doubled in size as it pressed into Kansas while winds threatened to shift...
Explosive Wildfires Surge Through Oklahoma Panhandle and Kansas February 19, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal A fast-moving wildfire on Oklahoma’s panhandle has doubled in size as it presses into Kansas, as firefighters contend with days...
Catastrophe-Bond Risk Premia Drop to Rates Last Seen in 2022 February 17, 2026 By Gautam Naik Investors in catastrophe bonds are seeing a decline in risk premia to levels not seen since before Hurricane Ian hit...
Wildfire Risk Scoring Transparency Bill Passes Washington Senate February 13, 2026 Legislation to make wildfire risk scores more transparent passed out of the Washington state Senate on nearly unanimously. Senate Bill...