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Homes in flood zones are overvalued by billions, study finds
Failure to account for climate change means low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge
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![Solar panels on roof of white house]()
![Solar panels on roof of white house]()
Home of the future: Climate-friendly, electrified and closer than ever
The technology and policies are falling into place. But we’ll need a revolution in U.S. home retrofit business models and financing to scale up enough to meet the climate challenge.
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![Father son carried flooding Brentwood California]()
![Father son carried flooding Brentwood California]()
California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.
Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies.
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![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
Why Republicans are coughing up billions of dollars to save Florida’s insurance market
The state's insurance companies are struggling to survive an onslaught of hurricanes and litigation.
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![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
![an aerial image shows flood damage in apartment complex in Orlando Florida after Hurricane Ian in September, 2022.]()
After Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida. Then Ian happened.
The state's affordable housing crisis has made it almost impossible for storm victims to get back on their feet.
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![Map of Chico, California, with bottom half covered in a photo of a wildfire and a line of flames bisecting the two images]()
![Map of Chico, California, with bottom half covered in a photo of a wildfire and a line of flames bisecting the two images]()
This California city needs housing. But is a new development destined to burn?
Still reeling from the 2018 Camp Fire, Chico residents are divided over a large new subdivision planned in the path of the last blaze.
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![A lake in the shape of an airplane in the middle of untouched nature, illustrating the issue of sustainable travel]()
![A lake in the shape of an airplane in the middle of untouched nature, illustrating the issue of sustainable travel]()
Planning your 2023 travel? Skip these places in order to save them.
With environmental and cultural strains, places like Lake Tahoe could use a break
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![Skyline of glass, newly-constructed buildings in downtown Mississauga, Ontario with a construction site in the foreground.]()
![Skyline of glass, newly-constructed buildings in downtown Mississauga, Ontario with a construction site in the foreground.]()
A post-pandemic construction rebound put building emissions at an all-time high
In the race for more efficient buildings, the world is running in place, UN report finds.
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![A sign warning of impending fire danger is posted in Estacada, Oregon.]()
![A sign warning of impending fire danger is posted in Estacada, Oregon.]()
Oregon tried to inform residents about wildfire risk. The backlash was explosive.
Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk.
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![NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses]()
![NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses]()
How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy
The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain.
