Twelve private insurance companies have closed their doors in Florida since 2020.
The gates would cost about $52 billion to build and install.
Officials are opting for the ban in hopes of lowering air pollution in frontline communities.
The storm knocked out the grid across the island earlier this week, leaving residents without running water or electricity.
Climate change is fueling longer and more destructive wildfires, which send smoke far across the country.
Feels-like temps over 100 degrees F will bake the island less than a week after Hurricane Fiona knocked out the electricity grid.
Fewer than 1% of the city's 400,000 lead service lines have been replaced since a promise to remove them in 2020.
Officials are asking states along the Colorado River Basin to drastically reduce their water usage.
Puerto Rico is once again underwater and in the dark, as Hurricane Fiona lashed the island on the 5-year anniversary of the worst blackout in U.S. history.
Five years ago, Hurricane Maria knocked out power and upended lives Puerto Rico, Dominica, and St. Croix.
The storm formed over the Atlantic this week and is moving toward Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Homes, roadways, and cars are covered in mud and debris after strong rains hit an area scarred by wildfires.
Many toilet paper makers source material from climate-critical ecosystems like the Canadian boreal forest.
Extreme weather is on the rise. Don’t get caught off guard.
Roads were partially underwater, and drivers had to be rescued from flooded cars.
This August was the first in 25 years with no named storms.
The planet is less than half a degree Celsius away from rapidly thawing permafrost and sea level rise.
Nearly 1,200 people have died and half a million have been displaced during intense flooding in Pakistan this summer.
A Labor Day heat wave is taxing the power grid and emergency services in the state.
The mine was supposed to close in 2023, but it will now operate until 2025 amid Europe's energy crisis.
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