New research tests the promise of insurance to harden the U.S. economy to tropical storms. Tropical storms and hurricanes bring immediate and direct economic damage to communities and may also reduce a country’s economic growth for more than a decade. Models that determine climate policy in the United States have been criticized for
Scott Lucas, University College Dublin It didn’t take long for Syria’s Assad regime to seek political and economic benefit from the devastation of an earthquake. As emergency services were reaching victims of the 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6, regime-linked organisations demanded governments “immediately end the siege and unilateral coercive economic sanctions imposed on
Vitalii Stock/Shutterstock Sharon Jagger, York St John University The Church of England has announced it will explore alternative words to describe God, after some clergy asked to use more inclusive language in services. The dominance of masculine language for God certainly matters. As feminist theologian Mary Daly wrote: “If God is male, the
In 1952, a landslide caused a tsunami that killed a Greenlandic man. Some researchers think he might have been an early victim of anthropogenic warming. On a vast shoreline of crumbled, sloping rock in central West Greenland, four fishermen are hard at work tending their nets. Barely an instant after they realize a
Il crescente numero di incidenti e morti sul lavoro sono argomento di drammatica tendenza. Una legge quadro forse obsoleta e tanti adempimenti per le industrie del Paese. Ospite di Bruno Carenini, nel quinto episodio della terza stagione di Windows Interview, è Chiara Cassoni, esperta e consulente per la sicurezza sul lavoro. Come recepiscono
Better accounting can go a long way in establishing sound policy to tackle the climate crisis. The Environmental Protection Agency recently earned applause from environmental groups for a move that went largely unnoticed. For the first time, the U.S. government in 2022 included methane emissions from dams and reservoirs in its annual report
Third tier English football club Forest Green Rovers are grabbing the footballing world’s attention through their climate friendly practices. The world’s first carbon-neutral club have a fully vegan half-time menu, shirts made from recycled coffee grounds, and are now fertilizing their fully organic pitch with the urine of away fans. They lead the
With the state’s power needs expected to double, it will have to import wind and solar to meet the demand. By John Stang / Crosscut.com For years, Washington has exported some of the electricity it produced. The state sent more than 18 percent of its generated power out of state in 2021, but
Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices. After more than 100 years of suppressing the West’s fires, land managers and government agencies are finally warming to the idea that fire can be beneficial — and necessary — for many landscapes. This idea is far from new among
The largest saltwater lake in the world is on the verge of collapse. Thanks to excessive water use, the Great Salt Lake in Utah is now reaching perilously low levels, with scientists and conservationists alike sounding the alarm. Fluctuating between 1,000 and 3,000 square miles over much of its history, the lake once