Climate crisis

Experts warn rising insurance costs could depress property values in risky areas.

Forecasters are predicting an active, dangerous year of hurricanes.

As private insurance companies retreat in states hit by climate-fueled disasters, safety net insurance plans are left to fill the gap.

Banks have invested trillions of dollars since the Paris Agreement went into effect.

$20 billion in grants and loans will be forthcoming from the Biden Administration. It's hoped this will attract private investment too.

A whopping three quarters of the river's water that is used by humans goes to irrigation for farms and livestock, according to the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

Farmers are catching less than half of their normal haul. Restaurants are hiking prices for the tiny, lobster-like crustacean, which is threatening neighborhood traditions of gathering around a crawfish boil.

The rules are softer than those initially proposed.

Many fewer vessels now traverse the canal daily. The water deficit is a global phenomenon that has been linked to climate change.

In California, a fight is brewing over whether to build middle-class homes or restore wetlands that could mitigate flood risk.