Biden's 'Climate-Resilient Economy' Roadmap Is Largely Superfluous
Businesses, investors, and markets are already adapting to climate change without federal help.
Flood Insurance
House Democrats' Housing Bill Includes a $20 Billion Bailout of Federal Flood Insurance
A bill intended to make America's housing stock more climate-resilient also includes a big effective subsidy for the properties most exposed to the risks of climate change.
Drown the Federal Flood Insurance Program
Why is the government encouraging people to live in dangerous, flood-prone areas?
Senator Schumer Protects Wealthy Landowners from Paying Risk-Based Flood Insurance Premiums
Effective climate adaptation depends upon effective price signals. So why is the Senate Majority Leader standing in the way?
Schumer Insists on Keeping Beachfront Bailouts for Wealthy Americans' Vacation Homes
The senate majority leader is stymying long-needed increases in federal flood insurance rates.
Private Flood Insurers Chastised for Not Insuring Houses Likely To Be Flooded
It's simple: You should not build your house in places where you can't get private flood insurance.
California Follows the Disastrous Flood Insurance Path to Fire Insurance Fiasco
If market-rate wildfire insurance is too expensive for homeowners, maybe that's telling us something about the risks of living amidst pretty tinder.
Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes More Destructive?
Not yet in the United States, new studies suggest
Senate Votes to Extend Federal Flood Insurance Funding
It's a regressive, debt-ridden program that transfers wealth from regular Americans to the rich.
How the National Flood Insurance Program Wastes Taxpayer Dollars
An expensive tutorial on the perils of government interaction.
Stop Encouraging People to Live in Dangerous Places
Who will have the courage in the face of tragedy to change the government's disastrous policies?
Hurricane Harvey and Climate Change
Extreme weather events attribution science yields murky results
Hurricane Harvey and the National Flood Insurance Fiasco
Don't build in flood plains, and especially don't rebuild in flood plains
Rebuilding After Louisiana Floods Will Require Government Permission Slips
And new federal regulations could add to the cost of rebuilding or force some residents to abandon their homes.
How the Government Subsidizes Unsustainable Development
'The rest of us are assuming all of the risks.'
Senate Passes Bill Delaying Flood Insurance Hikes
Why should costs be connected to risks?
Feds Subsidize Rebuilding on Risky Coastlines
Cost of risk externalized for builders
35,000 NYC Properties Added to Flood Maps
Will affect insurance rates, zoning rules