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Rising Flood Risks Threaten U.S. Water and Sewage Treatment Plants
The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before ...
ChatGPT Fever Spreads to U.S. Workplace, Sounding Alarm for Some
Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and ...
S&P: COOs See Biggest Changes in Insurance Executive Compensation Packages
Though COOs experienced a decline in base salary in 2023, while CEOs and CFOs saw an increase, they made up for it with higher total compensation packages, according to the latest S&P Global ...
Severe Storms Have Already Led to $34B in Insured Losses This Year
Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time, according to Swiss ...
Mitchell: Repair Severity, Frequency Increasing for Electric Vehicles
A new report examining the differences in repair severity and frequency between electric vehicles (EV) and internal combustible engines (ICE), has found that while frequency and severity has ...
El Nino Likely to Prevail Through Winter
There is a more than 95 percent chance that El Niño conditions will prevail from December 2023 to February 2024, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday, exacerbating the risks of ...
Biden’s Carbon Proposal Is Unworkable, Power Sector Warns
Power plant owners in the U.S. warned the Biden administration on Tuesday that its sweeping plan to slash carbon emissions from the electricity sector is unworkable, ...
Tainted Medication Fears Spur Defense Department to Seek Outside Testing
The U.S. Department of Defense entered an agreement with Valisure, an independent lab that's spotted dangerous chemicals in a variety of widely used pharma and consumer ...
