
The 2024 Presidential Election Will Make or Break U.S. Climate Action
Harris would continue the Biden administration’s landmark climate efforts; Trump would roll the country back to more oil and gas

The 2024 Presidential Election Will Make or Break U.S. Climate Action
Harris would continue the Biden administration’s landmark climate efforts; Trump would roll the country back to more oil and gas

Climate-Fueled Disasters Threaten ‘Insurers of Last Resort’
Increasingly intense hurricanes, wildfires and other climate disasters have forced these state-run backstop insurance groups into a role typically assumed by the private sector as the primary insurer within their borders


FEMA Spent Nearly Half Its Disaster Budget in Just 8 Days
Without more funding, FEMA may be forced to restrict spending and suspend rebuilding projects

Hurricane Evacuations Are Becoming More Challenging—Physically and Psychologically
As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, people in recently storm-stricken areas grapple with the physical and mental health tolls of evacuating and seeking shelter

The ‘Big One’ Takes Aim at Tampa after Years of Warnings
A 2013 report from the World Bank placed the Tampa Bay area seventh on a list of the top 10 global cities facing the costliest damage from coastal floods

How Health Care Affordability and Access Could Change under Harris or Trump
Both Trump and Harris pledge to make drug prices affordable and health care accessible. Here’s how their policies differ

How Hurricane Helene Is Disrupting Voting Access
With voting underway, election officials in flood-ravaged North Carolina must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places after Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene Survivors Face a Second Disaster: Few Have Flood Insurance
Only 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can get insurance payments

The Next President Faces Tough Nuclear Weapons Deadlines
Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effort

Conservative Project 2025 Would Leave Hurricane Helene Survivors with Little Aid
The conservative Project 2025 playbook for a possible Trump presidency calls for cutting aid for disasters such as Hurricane Helene

NASA Needs a ‘Lunar Marathon’ to Match China on the Moon
We are in a new and different kind of moon race, one the U.S. is losing. To win, says a former NASA official, we need new strategies

Combating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away ‘Fake News’
“Fake news”-style misinformation is only a fraction of what deceives voters. Fighting misinformation will require holding political elites and mainstream media accountable