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Warm Arctic Temperatures Will Lead to More Extreme Weather
Unusually warm weather in the Arctic is helping shift weather patterns this year from North America to the Middle East, after global warming shattered records in 2016, according to the World ...
Trump’s Proposed Flood Map Program Cuts Could Trigger Higher Insurance Rates
A proposal by the Trump administration to cut $190 million in funding for updating U.S. maps of flood-prone areas would trigger higher insurance rates or more homebuilding in risky locations, a ...
Trump Budget Would Eliminate Industrial Disaster Watchdog Agency
When a Texas City refinery exploded in 2005, 15 people died. Months later, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board found that putting workers in temporary trailers near danger zones at the plant raised the ...
Japan’s Government Ruled Liable for Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
A court in Japan on Friday ruled that Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) and the government are liable for negligence in a case involving compensation for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the first time the ...
Russia Allegedly Hacked Yahoo, But Cybersecurity Lapses Were Severe
When it comes to Yahoo's massive security breach, the company was right about one thing. Yahoo! Inc. has been saying since September that a state-sponsored actor was behind a hack in 2014 that ...
VW Exec Ordered Held Until U.S. Emissions Trial Starts Next Year
A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday ordered that a Volkswagen AG executive charged in the automaker's diesel emissions scandal be detained until his trial set for next year, agreeing with ...
AIG, Wary of Battle With Icahn, Pushed for CEO Hancock’s Resignation: WSJ
American International Group Inc's decision to remove Peter Hancock as its chief executive was to avoid a proxy battle with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, the Wall Street Journal reported, ...
New El Niño Possible by July; Southeast Asia Could Face Dry Weather
An El Nino may develop by July as forecasters worldwide predict the pattern that can disrupt global weather is set to return this year. Six of eight climate models predict El Nino thresholds may be ...