Today on TAP: The hills above my hometown regularly catch fire, and developers regularly build there nonetheless.
wildfires
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump’s Attack on Government Capacity Will Fan the Flames of the Home Insurance Crisis
The U.S. Forest Service is already underfunded and understaffed. Slashing its resources further is likely to unleash more severe wildfires.
Posted inTAP
The Conflagration in L.A.
Today on TAP: My adopted city is in flames, and we’re collectively to blame.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Hurricanes Are a Profit Center for Insurers
To compensate for exaggerated expectations of claims, they jack up rates and hollow out coverage, giving themselves more profit than before.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
California Fights Fire With Fire
The state has finally embraced indigenous land management techniques to help alleviate its wildfire crisis.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Fast-Growing ‘Carbon-Neutral’ Energy Company Ramps Up Oil and Gas Production
Environmentalists question the sustainability commitments made by Denver-based Civitas Resources.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How Private Monopolies Fuel Climate Disaster and Public Corruption
Investor-owned utilities have been at the forefront of numerous political scandals and ecological disasters. There is an alternative.
Posted inBooks
Americans’ Climate Migration Has Begun
The first generation of climate migrants tries to cling to the places they call home, but bureaucrats, wallets, and an overheating planet have the final say.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How to De-Develop in an Age of Fire and Flood
Much is riding on how Americans approach new development and managed retreat as the climate crisis worsens over the next decade.
