Trump Victory Is a ‘Gut Punch’ to U.S. Climate Action – Scientific American
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President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate efforts..
After Helene and Milton, residents of Casey Key question its future – the Washington Post
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Two back-to-back destructive storms make some ponder the burden of the barrier island’s beauty. Will they rebuild again or give in to climate change?..
If Hurricane Rebuilding Is Affordable Only for the Wealthy, This Is the Florida You Get | Opinion – the New York Times
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When Hurricane Ian…made landfall nearly a year ago, a storm surge as high as 15 feet left the town of Fort Myers Beach nearly submerged for several hours.Today…the island reveals countless properties recently cleared of debris selling for millions and even tens of millions of dollars…
Hurricane Milton Is Terrifying, and It Is Just the Start | Opinion – the New York Times
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As Hurricane Milton roars toward Florida’s west coast with winds that spiked to a staggering 180 miles per hour, we are witnessing a new reality. Supercharged hurricanes are no longer outliers, freak disasters or storms of the century…
Hurricane Helene’s ‘historic flooding’ made worse by global heating, Fema says – the Guardian
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It will be ‘complicated recovery’ in five states, says disaster relief agency, with hurricane killing at least 91 people so far…
We Will All End Up Paying for Someone Else’s Beach House – New York Times
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As sea level rises and storm surges grow more intense, beach towns on every coast of the United States will soon be sacrificing more real estate to Poseidon… more than 300,000 coastal homes, currently worth well over $100 billion, are at risk of “chronic inundation” by 2045.