"You're going to cash my check," Nicole Maziasz, a Wisconsin homeowner, says of State Farm, "but you're going to work your butt off to deny whatever damage I claim to have." www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

Going without insurance for your house? My @npr Climate Desk colleague would like to hear from you:

Millions of US houses are uninsured as premiums soar. That’s leaving families and entire communities exposed to big financial risks. Are you going without coverage? NPR wants to hear your story. www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

Lawsuits allege that State Farm tries to avoid paying what it owes for hail damage. The litigation is happening as homeowners face soaring insurance costs, partly due to threats from climate change. n.pr/4uevEeG

Valuable reporting here from my @npr.org Climate Desk colleague @michaelcopley1.bsky.social:

The country’s largest home insurer, State Farm, is accused of running a secret scheme to deny and minimize payments for hail damage — a huge cost for insurers. The allegations come as homeowners face soaring insurance costs, partly due to threats from climate change. www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

States say disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a trickle under the Trump administration. That's delaying projects to protect communities from wildfires and hurricanes.

"By intervening to stop investments that President Trump personally opposes, the administration risks chilling infrastructure spending across the economy, not just in offshore wind, says Leslie Abrahams... at the Center for Strategic and International Studies." Story by @michaelcopley1.bsky.social

We looked at three communities across the U.S. who are struggling with insurance costs and cancellations as climate-driven disasters get worse. The effects are rippling through communities 2/ - with @rhersher.bsky.social @michaelcopley1.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

"That gentrification is a real thing, the change in the cost is a real thing," says Rob Fowler, a builder in southwest Florida. “And it all adds up to the fact that only well-heeled players can play now." www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...

Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes. n.pr/49PWIKc

"It's to a point of unsustainability," says Robert Dyer, CEO of the Cozad Community Health System. "If we got hit by another storm right now, it would drain all our cash." From @rhersher.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...

Without Congressionally-approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.

A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits and creates a predictable environment in which to make investments. n.pr/47HiEWK

The federal government's Energy Star efficiency program is in jeopardy. The Trump administration wants to eliminate or privatize it. Here's my @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...

The Trump administration announced its plan today to overturn a key 2009 Environmental Protection Agency finding that underpins much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change. My @npr story: www.npr.org/2025/07/29/n...

"It's not a question of whether or not the country is going to install solar if these provisions are removed or phased out too quickly. It's just a matter of where [project developers] are going to get the product from."

Abruptly ending tax incentives that encourage solar developers to buy American could upend a booming manufacturing sector.

Investments that help communities endure more extreme weather are "a path to keep insurance available," says Dave Jones, director of the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley Law. “But the insurers need to account for it in their modeling. They're not."

Exclusive from my NPR Climate Desk colleague @rhersher.bsky.social:

You count on the NPR Network. Today, supporters like you are donating and sharing what #PublicMediaGives to their communities that no other news service can. Your support connects small towns, big cities and the millions who call them home. Every dollar makes a difference. Donate now: n.pr/4lFTPPD

“In DePue, Ill., sewage will keep backing up into people's basements when there's heavy rain. In Rising Sun, Md., a mobile home park that has already flooded six times will remain in harm's way. And in Kamiah, Idaho, houses won't get upgrades that would protect them from wildfires.”

JUST IN: A federal judge in Vermont ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at his US citizenship interview and ordered deported.

For an @npr.org story I'm researching: have you cooked with an electric grill before? What do you think of the experience, compared to a gas or charcoal grill? Any suggestions if someone is thinking about switching to an electric grill this summer?

The attacks on climate activists represent a broad assault on US civil society, says Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund and a target of the hacking. “It’s a very big issue that transcends, really, the most basic aspects of freedom,” Wasserman told NPR

EPA cancels $900K to address asthma in western Mass., includes city once dubbed U.S. 'asthma capital' www.nhpr.org/2025-04-28/e...

Some Los Angeles fires victims are rebuilding their homes without gas appliances. Climate advocates want all homeowners to choose electric, but it's hard to require that of people who've had their lives upended. My @npr.org story with Ryan Kellman's photos: www.npr.org/2025/04/23/n...

Pope Francis pushed for action on climate change -- not surprising for a pontiff who was the first to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...

Exclusive reporting from my @npr.org Climate Desk colleague @michaelcopley1.bsky.social:

The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

"The developer of Maine’s first offshore wind array has paused the project amid the Trump administration’s backlash against the industry."

West Virginia Coal Association just issued an action alert... It says a policy issued by USTR under the Trump administration, "would cripple American coal exports and threaten thousands of jobs." Alert attached, see my story below for details.

"America's clean-energy industry is growing despite Trump's attacks. At least for now" www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n... via @michaelcopley1.bsky.social @npr.org

“If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then DOGE’s tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some [legal experts] contend.” www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Did you know? Right now you can look at every single payment coming out of the federal government, like a Venmo feed for federal loans, subsidies, and grants. Why does the government make this available, and how can it illuminate some questions everyone seems to be asking right now. buff.ly/4jX8t4i

A list of terms NOAA received that could run afoul of Trump orders: "climate change," "pollution" "natural resources" and terms associated with diversity, equity and inclusion - @npr.org's @alejandrabee.bsky.social @michaelcopley1.bsky.social @hansilowang.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/02/15/n...

My latest @npr.org story with @alejandrabee.bsky.social & @michaelcopley1.bsky.social: Federal workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are on high alert as they monitor signs of a potential Trump administration overhaul of one of the government's main scientific agencies

- Layoffs hit employees at USDA, EPA, and CDC on Friday - Pentagon and HUD are gearing up for budget cuts and staff reductions www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

A Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for offshore and onshore wind projects. Wind advocates say an offshore wind freeze could threaten states' climate goals and jobs.

Hackers targeted climate activists and there's an allegation that a lobbying firm working for ExxonMobil ordered the attack. This week, there was a new turn in the yearslong case. From @michaelcopley1.bsky.social on @npr.org's climate desk. www.npr.org/2025/01/24/n...

Sums it up well. Happy to have been included in this NPR story yesterday (print) on US load growth: #energysky www.npr.org/2025/01/16/n...

"Montana's right to a clean and healthful environment and environmental life support system includes a stable climate system," Chief Justice Mike McGrath wrote for the majority. Montana top court says youth have right to stable climate - www.reuters.com/legal/montan...

House GOP says “climate cartel” used hedge fund Engine No. 1 to push a climate agenda at the Exxon. @javierblas.bsky.social said earlier this week that kind of framing is “nonsense.” “It was hard capitalism, and Engine No. 1 was all about shareholder returns.”

“Carrboro alleges Duke knew about climate change for over 50 years but continued to operate coal and gas power plants that spewed greenhouse gases. The lawsuit also says Duke participated in campaigns to confuse the public about whether climate change was real to avoid stricter regulations.”

"Somebody has to speak truth to power about this issue with Duke Energy Corporation and so it is us," Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee says. From @jeffbradynews.bsky.social www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...

“The net-zero targets get sacrificed on the altar of economic growth,” said Ryan Sweezey, analyst at Wood Mackenzie. “If a utility has a corporate net-zero target, and it’s not tied to some state law, it’s really not worth the paper it’s written on.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Negotiators from dozens of countries are in South Korea to hammer out a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution—their last chance before a year-end deadline. @michaelcopley1.bsky.social reports www.npr.org/2024/11/25/n...

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., kept his reaction to Gaetz's departure short: “Grateful," he said with a smile. "Because we move on." www.npr.org/2024/11/21/g...

Smart piece from @economist.com.web.brid.gy “In fact, climate change is neither the end of the world nor an expensive hoax. It is a real and difficult problem, but one that can be curbed affordably.” www.economist.com/interactive/...