Column: It shouldn’t take storm season for Florida insurers to address climate change Well, well, well. On the eve of another hurricane season, the insurance industry finally came out and said what almost everyone in Florida expected. Industry experts recently acknowledged that insurer ... 04/19/2024 - 7:29 am | View Link
A nervous insurance market eyes hurricane forecast A record warm Atlantic and Gulf along with a likely La Niña are the reasons researchers are predicting as many as 11 major hurricanes this season. And, they’re saying the ... 04/17/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link
Miami Condo’s $3 Million Hurricane Damage Insurance Case Revived Miami-area businesses seeking cash for hurricane damage from insurers need not provide damage estimates beyond what’s required in their policies when seeking additional relief, a federal appeals court ... 04/15/2024 - 5:17 am | View Link
Damning Warning Issued Over Florida Insurance Market Most of the state's smaller insurers are too financially weak to conform to federal guidelines, a recent study found. 04/14/2024 - 3:14 am | View Link
Could Tampa Bay flood insurance rise after a hurricane? A warning from Hurricane Ian Hurricane Ian destroyed more than 5,000 structures in Lee County in Southwest Florida and caused major damage to 14,000 others. Now, from rebuilding efforts, more bad news has emerged: A federal ... 04/4/2024 - 5:43 am | View Link
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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Campus organizers at three universities filed legal complaints on Monday arguing that their schools’ investments in planet-heating fossil fuels are illegal, the Guardian has learned.
The students from Columbia University, Tulane University, and the University of Virginia each wrote to the attorneys general of their respective states calling on them to scrutinize their universities’ investments.
This story was produced by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.
In 2018, the Akron, Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy donated $2.5 million to a Republican Governors Association-affiliated dark money group backing GOP nominee Mike DeWine in a competitive race for Ohio governor, according to newly released records.
The records show FirstEnergy’s extensive behind-the-scenes work to get DeWine elected.
“A Secret Service agent tasked with protecting Vice President Kamala Harris brawled with several other agents on Monday morning,” the New York Post reports.
“The agent in question, whose identity has not been revealed, was immediately ‘removed from their assignment,’”
Trump-supporting conspiracy theorist Jim Hoft posted a message to his readers saying they are filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection claiming it is as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet.
Hoft didn't say exactly who, what, or why this is happening now, but Will Sommer from the Washington Post has some information.
While he didn’t name which lawsuits he was referencing, the site is being sued for claims of defamation and infliction of emotional distress by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss, two Georgia election workers who say they faced threats after the site leveled baseless accusations of ballot fraud against them.
That sounds about right.