2008 Third Worst Year for Weather-related Insurance Claims

onDec 31, 2008 @ 09:52 PST

“Climate change has already started and is very probably contributing to increasingly frequent weather extremes and ensuing natural catastrophes.”

Torsten Jeworrek, Board of Management, Munich Re

Once again the world’s foremost risk analysts (the leading lights in the international reinsurance industry) have offered up their analysis confirming the gathering risks from global warming. The New York Times Business Page has the news here.

By Richard Littlemore

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Drax Wood Pellet Plans Axed in California

ByPhoebe Cooke

onJul 3, 2025 @ 06:45 PDT

Partner firm’s pivot to wood-chipping may yet harm forests, campaigners warn.

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This Small Texas Town Is Fighting Back Against Big Ammonia

ByClare Carlile and Sara Sneath

onJul 3, 2025 @ 03:00 PDT

European fertiliser giant has launched a local ‘charm offensive’ to gain support for its chemical factory plan.

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us/Who’s the Fossil Fuel-Backed “Philosopher” Shaping Trump’s Megabill Clean Energy Cuts?

BySharon Kelly

onJul 1, 2025 @ 16:47 PDT

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis took to Senate floor to decry lobbyists like Alex Epstein pushing huge energy moves “without a clue about what they are potentially doing to our grid.”

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