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White House Budget Proposal Eliminates NOAA Climate Research
The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change, and refocus the U.S. fisheries ...
Judge Rules Administration Violated Court Order by Pausing FEMA Grants
A federal judge ruled on Friday that Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's administration violated a court order by halting Federal Emergency Management Agency's disbursement of millions of ...
California’s Bill to Hold Oil Companies Liable for Natural Disaster Damage Stalls
California lawmakers have blocked a bill to make oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes from natural disasters caused by climate change, warning it could raise gas prices. Senate Bill 322 ...
No Insurance Needed, Amish Quickly Repair Tornado Damage in Michigan and Indiana
No contractors, no repair estimates, and no haggling with the insurance company. After a tornado struck an Amish community in Michigan, the work was underway even before the National Weather Service ...
U.S. Road Deaths Drop Below 40,000, First Time Since COVID
A projected 39,345 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The figure represents a ...
Appalachia Flood Risk Climbing: Report
A new report from the largest private flood insurer in the U.S. highlights the increasing flood risk for properties located in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Neptune Flood released its ...
Swollen Rivers Flood Towns in the South and Midwest
Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital. Inundated ...
Pedestrian Deaths Decline, But Still 50% Higher Than a Decade Ago: Report
New analysis indicates drivers struck and killed 3,304 pedestrians in the United States in the first half of 2024, down 2.6 percent from the year before but up nearly 50 percent from 2014, according ...