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☆ Zillow will now show climate risk data on for-sale property listings
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

As intensifying natural disasters threaten growing swaths of the country, assessing an area’s climate risk has become an essential part of shopping for a new home for many Americans. According to a recent Zillow survey, more than 4 out of 5 prospective homebuyers consider climate risks when they shop. Home shoppers can explore climate risk data on Zillow’s site through color-coded maps or on individual listings. The feature not only shows a home’s risks today, but it also estimates a home’s climate risks 15 years and 30 years into the future, which are the typical lengths of fixed mortgages. “Climate risks are now a critical factor in home-buying decisions,” Skylar Olsen, chief economist at Zillow, said in a statement.

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☆ How one startup is making cleaner asphalt by decarbonizing natural gas
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Modern Hydrogen produces clean hydrogen without renewable power. We can do this because we split apart natural gas into clean hydrogen and solid carbon," said Tony Pan, CEO of Modern Hydrogen. Natural gas is a cleaner fuel than oil, but it still emits harmful carbon dioxide when burned. Clients put the Modern Hydrogen system, which looks like a large box, where they would normally use their natural gas. Modern Hydrogen is backed by Gates Frontier, At One Ventures, National Grid Partners, NextEra Energy, Miura Group and Irongrey.

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☆ Hurricane Milton morphed into a Category 5 in 2 days. Take a look at the storm's rapid evolution from space.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Jessica Orwig | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Hurricane Milton, now a Category 4, is expected to hit Florida's west coast Wednesday. Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday, leading Florida Gov. AdvertisementNOAA's GOES-16 satellite is tracking Hurricane Milton from space. Hurricane Milton underwent an explosive intensification within 48 hours from a tropical storm to a Category 5. By Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton had lost some of its strength and is now a Category 4.

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☆ Jessica Campbell makes history and becomes first ever female assistant coach in the NHL
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Jessica Campbell made history on the opening night of the National Hockey League (NHL) season by becoming the first ever female assistant coach in the league. Campbell was behind the bench as the Seattle Kraken took on the St. Louis Blues at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on Tuesday. The 32-year-old was named an assistant coach in July by incoming head coach Dan Bylsma. Christopher Mast/NHLI/Getty ImagesCampbell’s resume speaks for itself coming into her first season as an NHL coach. As a player, the Kraken’s new assistant coach won the under-18 Women’s World Championship in 2010 after winning silver the previous year.

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Debris removal continued throughout the state as officials urged residents to prepare for the worst and heed evacuation orders. “If you’re in the path of Hurricane #Milton, the time to act is NOW,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency posed on X. A member of the Florida Army National Guard removes debris in St. Petersburg on Monday ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall. In Sarasota County, officials warned residents not to let their guards down and ordered evacuations for the barrier islands and for people in mobile or manufactured homes. “We take it serious, but we are not getting too excited about it.”Jesse Kirsch reported from Sarasota, Florida; Dana Griffin from Naples Beach, Florida; Chase Cain, from Orlando, Florida; and Alicia Victoria Lozano from Los Angeles.

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☆ The Best Survival Kits and Emergency Supplies of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Harry Rabinowitz | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

An emergency kit — sometimes called a survival kit — can help you be more prepared. Nearly half of Americans (48%) have already assembled some kind of emergency supplies, according to FEMA’s 2023 National Household Survey. SKIP AHEAD How I picked the best emergency kits and supplies | Top-rated emergency kits of 2024 | Top-rated emergency supplies of 2024 | Why trust NBC Select? Top-rated emergency kits of 2024These top-rated emergency kits have most of the supplies recommended from agencies like FEMA, the CDC and The American Red Cross. Persons: 1 | Time: 72 hours | Weight: UnlistedTop-rated emergency supplies of 2024You’ll probably want to supplement any pre-built survival kit with other tools and supplies.

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☆ Shares of generator maker soar, insurance stocks fall as Hurricane Milton intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Spencer Kimball | Yun Li | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of backup power generation company Generac Holdings surged more than 7% on Monday as Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 storm. Hurricane Milton is forecast to move north of the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday and Tuesday before crossing the Gulf of Mexico to approach the west coast of Florida by Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Milton comes on the heels of Hurricane Helene, which killed more than 220 people and wrought devastation across the Southeast, particularly in North Carolina. Insurance stocks that have weather catastrophe exposure, meanwhile, are falling on potential insured losses tied to Hurricane Milton. Allstate, Travelers and Chubb saw their shares fall more than 3%, while Progressive and AIG all declined more than 1%.

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Hurricane Milton’s last 36 hours have been nothing short of astonishing, as it strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just over a day. The storm’s blisteringly fast evolution is part of a trend of rapidly intensifying storms fueled by climate change. The term “rapid intensification” describes an increase in sustained wind speeds of at least 35 mph over a 24-hour period, according to the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Milton has obliterated that minimum, undergoing “extreme rapid intensification”: Its maximum sustained wind speed increased by 90 mph in roughly 25 hours, according to the nonprofit research group Climate Central. “Warming oceans, due to human-caused climate change, are fueling stronger tropical cyclones,” Climate Central posted Monday on X.

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☆ Trump has thoughts on how to make Gaza 'the most beautiful place'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump said Gaza could be rebuilt into one of the most beautiful places in the world. I mean, they have the back of a plant facing the ocean, you know," Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday. You know, as a developer, it could be the most beautiful place – the weather, the water, the whole thing, the climate." Trump was addressing the future of Gaza on the first anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks, where Hamas militants killed roughly 1,200 people in Israel. "Gaza's waterfront property, it could be very valuable, if people would focus on building up livelihoods," Kushner told a Harvard-affiliated program in February.

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☆ My wife and I gave up $1 million in Big Tech pay to move from California back to India. I couldn't find purpose in the US.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nithin Hassan, who moved from California to Bengaluru, India, in 2023 to launch his startup. I grew up in and around Bengaluru, India, in the late 1990s and 2000s. I got married in 2013, and my wife also worked in Big Tech in the US. My wife is still working at a Big Tech company and spends much more time commuting than she did back in the US. Did you leave Big Tech to pursue a career in a completely different field?

Persons: Nithin Hassan, Hassan, —, We've Organizations: Meta, Service, Cisco, Amazon, Microsoft, Big Tech Locations: California, Bengaluru, India, Big, Bay

☆ Why a disaster ‘go bag’ can mean the difference between life or death
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Matt Villano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Perhaps the most important thing to bring with you: a “go bag” full of emergency supplies. Go bags exist to save you from having to run around and gather items when a threatening situation is imminent. The contents of a family’s go bag could mean the difference between life or death, depending on how bad a situation becomes, according to Jonathan Sury, senior staff associate at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, or NCDP, at Columbia Climate School. Your must-havesMost of the items disaster preparedness experts suggest you include in a go bag are things you can find around your house. Just because someone puts together a “go bag” does not mean that person is prepared, Montano warned.

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☆ Sally Field shares story about harrowing abortion in Mexico as a teenager: ‘We can’t go back’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Oscar-winning actor Sally Field has opened up about a “life-altering” abortion she had as a teenager, aiming to highlight the issue of reproductive rights. Field recalled the ordeal in a video posted to her Instagram, saying that she got an abortion when she was 17 in Tijuana, Mexico, on the advice of a doctor, who was also a family friend. The doctor, she said, drove her to the clinic, accompanied by Field’s mother and the doctor’s wife. She has previously voiced support for Democratic candidates and long advocated for women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights and combating climate change. “We can’t go back,” Field said in the video.

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☆ Why Texas Latinos Are Shifting to the Right, Voting for Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Jack Herrera | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Jordan Vonderhaar for BIIn late July, after Biden dropped out of the race, I traveled to Starr County to see why this longtime Democratic stronghold has been shifting steadily to the right. Like the mesquite and huisache that thrive in this arid climate, he has deep roots in Starr County. If any place embodies the dual identity among Latinos in Starr County, it's the Rancho Cafe in the tiny town of Roma. The Rancho Cafe — part Old West saloon, part Tex-Mex hangout — embodies the dual identity of local Latinos. Across the country, Latino Republicans say they feel more able to wear their politics on their sleeve.

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☆ Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AI models require enormous data centers that threaten goals to reduce carbon emissions. Schmidt said "we are never going to meet" the goals anyway, suggesting we let AI solve the problem. AdvertisementFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt says it's time for us to fully invest in AI infrastructure because climate goals are too lofty to reach anyway. The AI boom has spurred a wave of spending on data centers, which provide the computational power needed to train and run AI models. But the surge in development comes at a price, as data centers consume huge amounts of natural resources.

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☆ Berkshire Hathaway now owns 100% of BHE, but the utility giant has been a weak spot for the conglomerate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett took full control of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a utility giant that it has owned a majority stake in since 1999, but the business has been a drag on the conglomerate. Berkshire bought the stake for $2.37 billion in cash, $600 million in debt as well as a significant amount of Berkshire Class B shares , according to a regulatory filing. Berkshire Vice Chairman Greg Abel, Buffett's designated successor, sold his 1% stake in BHE for $870 million at a much higher valuation just two years ago. The utility arm has been a weak spot for the conglomerate, which has otherwise enjoyed a few outstanding years. "BHE has been under pressure," said Cathy Seifert, Berkshire analyst at CFRA Research.

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☆ ‘Hotel in nature’: Inside the world’s best new skyscraper
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This is Singapore’s Pan Pacific Orchard, which has just been named the world’s best new tall building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Video Ad Feedback Watch: Take a look inside Pan Pacific Orchard. In some areas, Singapore’s strict building codes even require property developers to include large amounts of greenery when constructing new towers. Combined, the green spaces at Pan Pacific Orchard amount to around three times more than this legal minimum. “Pan Pacific Orchard represents the best in responsible vertical urbanism today,” said CTBUH’s CEO, Javier Quintana de Uña, in a statement.

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☆ In California, heat and dry conditions make arson a more potent threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

But as climate change leads temperatures to rise, fire seasons to grow longer and drought conditions to become more intense, intentionally set fires have more opportunity to take off and grow. Given that, he said, “an arrest can have a big payoff.”Prestemon has studied wildfire arson events in Florida, Spain and other locations. Wildfire arson isn’t well studied, but researchers in the U.S., Europe and Australia have narrowed down the profile of typical perpetrators. Cal Fire has counted between 182 and 386 arson fires each year since 2014, with rates roughly consistent relative to the number of overall fires. Investigators were able to link McGlover’s plausible movements that day to several fires, Fox said.

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☆ Gen Z found a home in Asheville. Hurricane Helene swept it away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Allie Kelly | Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

But natural disasters like Helene may influence if Gen Zers stay in western North Carolina. The 24-year-old and her partner moved to Asheville, North Carolina from Philadelphia a few weeks ago and signed a lease on their new apartment. AdvertisementGen Zers moved to Asheville for work opportunities and communityOver the past decade, Gen Z has been flocking to the Asheville area. Scott Pridemore of Pridemore Properties at Compass, a real-estate brokerage in North Carolina, told BI that many people go to nearby universities like Appalachian State University or University of North Carolina Asheville and never leave. "Post Covid, we definitely saw a lot of people opting for life in the North Carolina Mountains," Pridemore said.

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☆ False claims about the federal response to Helene are an ominous sign for the coming election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —False claims about the federal response to the historic devastation left by Hurricane Helene are spreading out of control on social media, hampering recovery efforts in hard-hit areas, according to local officials. Elon Musk, the X owner who has endorsed Trump, has repeatedly posted rumors and innuendo denigrating the federal government’s response to Helene. Most of the misinformation is brazenly political, portraying President Joe Biden and Harris as incompetent in an attempt to help Trump win reelection. Some of the most-shared lies on social media have involved FEMA’s response. “Republican elected officials keep rebutting the BS, and MAGA does not care,” conservative columnist David French said in a social media post Saturday.

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☆ Falling home prices and fed-up residents show the Texas housing boom is slowing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Texas housing market has cooled after a frenzy of activity during the pandemic. The shift in attitudes is an indicator for the state's housing market, which boomed during the pandemic. Median home prices in Texas have fallen around 7% from their highs in mid-2022, according to data from Redfin. The decline is an outlier compared to the broader US housing market, which is still prices hovering around record highs. But those issues are minor relative to things like economic growth and housing affordability, Fairweather says, which she described as two of the biggest factors that could determine if the Texas housing market picks back up.

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☆ Bosnia floods kill at least 21 people, leaves dozens missing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The N1 TV reported that 21 people died and that dozens went missing in the Jablanica area, 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) southwest of Sarajevo. A drone view shows debris following a landslide in a flooded residential area in Donja Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday. Marko Djurica/ReutersRubble lies around a flooded residential area in Donja Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday. In Donja Jablanica many houses were still under rubble. Due to flash flooding on Friday a quarry above Donja Jablanica collapsed and rubble poured over houses and cars in the village.

Persons: Marko Djurica, ”, Begovic, “, Enes Imamovic, ” Imamovic Organizations: Reuters, Rescuers, N1, Mountain Rescue Service, Bosnian Football Association Locations: Donja Jablanica, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bosnian, Balkans, Europe

☆ Elon Musk says he will speak at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk is joining Donald Trump for a rally in Pennsylvania. Musk has become one of Trump's most prominent supporters. As president-elect in late 2016, Trump announced Musk would join his economic advisory board, but Musk would later cut ties with the administration over disagreements on climate change policies. At a Trump rally, Trump called Musk a "bullshit artist," after which Musk suggested Trump should not run for president again. Trump retaliated, saying Musk would be "worthless" without government subsidies and that Trump previously could have made Musk beg on his knees for government support.

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A scorching streak in Phoenix has set new daily records for 10 straight days during an October heat wave sweeping much of the West. The forecast calls for this streak of broken records to potentially reach up to 16 days in a row. The current record at a U.S. climate station for the number of consecutive daily record highs is 14 from Burlington, Iowa, recorded during the Dust Bowl in 1936. Dozens more October monthly record highs were set Thursday in states such as Kansas and Nebraska. The National Hurricane Center also continues to watch Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie in the open Atlantic, though neither pose any threat to land.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday left in place Biden administration regulations aimed at curbing oil and gas facility emissions of methane, a major contributor to climate change. In a separate action, the court also rejected a bid to block a regulation aimed at curbing emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. A separate emergency application seeking to block Biden regulations concerning greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants remains pending. The mercury regulation has less sweeping impacts, according to the EPA. In that case, the court rejected an emergency request filed by conservative states and industry groups that want to block the EPA regulation issued this year.

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