Losses to insurers from natural disasters nearly doubled this year to just below $30 billion globally after an unusually quiet 2006, a leading reinsurer said, from winter storms in Europe, flooding in Britain and wildfires in the U.S.
Munich Re also warned that climate change could mean a growing number of weather-related catastrophes in comingย years.
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The Alberta premier gave a biblical justification for oil expansion at a Christian conference featuring Conservative MPs and provincial cabinet ministers.
Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead.
With Meta's new Manhattan-sized project slated for the state, lawmakers are pushing new restrictions on artificial intelligence even as the Trump administration threatens to withhold broadband funding in response.
