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The billion-dollar storm? Economists debate how much activity Winter Storm Fern laid waste to

Economist Jacob Fooks says most estimates suggest severe weather events can cut GDP by 0.5% to 2% annually — $150 billion to $600 billion.

By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJanuary 26, 2026
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Climate change’s role in the monster winter storm of January 2026: warmer oceans, more moisture and a dislocated ‘polar vortex’
By Mathew Barlow, Judah Cohen and The ConversationJanuary 26, 2026
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‘Unique’ winter storm reaches from New Mexico to New England: ”we’re talking like a 2,000-mile spread’
By Kate Brumback, Julie Walker and The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2026
Massive winter storm leaves 800,000 without power so far as Trump declares emergencies in at least a dozen states
By Kate Brumback, Julie Walker and The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2026
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Hurricane-level ice storm cancels over 9,000 weekend flights with half of America under warning
By Emilie Megnien, Jeff Amy, Jamie Stengle and The Associated PressJanuary 24, 2026
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InvestingDetroit’s top carmaker just wrote down $7.6 billion on its EV business—and grew its market cap by the same amount. Here’s how GM did it
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 27, 2026
People walk outside of a WeWork office building in London.
Future of WorkAmazon and JPMorgan led the Fortune 500 in returning to the office 5 days a week. Now they’re leading a coworking comeback
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 27, 2026
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CryptoCrypto giant Tether pushes into the U.S. with USAT stablecoin to challenge Circle
By Carlos GarciaJanuary 27, 2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
AIAt Davos, CEOs said AI isn’t coming for jobs as fast as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks
By Jeremy KahnJanuary 27, 2026
Health5 Best Red Light Therapy Panels of 2026: Personally Tested
By Christina SnyderJanuary 27, 2026
EconomyOpenAI CFO Sarah Friar: There’s a ‘mismatch’ between AI’s abilities and the value companies are capturing
By Sheryl EstradaJanuary 27, 2026
Corning CEO Wendell Weeks.
AIA Meta deal just turned this 175-year-old company into a linchpin of the AI data center boom
By Sharon GoldmanJanuary 27, 2026
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InvestingUnitedHealth is reeling from a nearly 20% stock rout after warning investors about its first revenue decline in decades
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 27, 2026
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Environment‘The children can’t play because there’s no shade’: California’s desert communities look into requiring shade as a reprieve from dangerous heat
By Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2024
EnvironmentAirbnb searches in eclipse cities surge as much as 1,000%
By Chris MorrisMarch 4, 2024
Texas wildfires
Environment‘It’s a remarkable phenomenon’: More than 1 million acres of Texas land have burned in wildfires
By Valerie Gonzalez and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2024
EnvironmentLeft-for-dead uranium mines are being revived as prices soar, countries eye nuclear power to address climate change
By Jacob Lorinc, Maria Clara Cobo and BloombergMarch 3, 2024
Texas rancher
Environment‘These cows you see dead are worth between $2,500 and $3,000 apiece’: Texas ranchers pick up the pieces after wildfire
By Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2024
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EnvironmentClimate change could be coming for the elephants, study shows
By Ray Ndlovu and BloombergMarch 1, 2024
Maine lobster
EnvironmentIn just 8 years, Maine’s lobster haul has lost nearly 40 million pounds per year: ‘There’s no question climate change is affecting it’
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2024
EnvironmentOver 1 million acres of Texas are aflame in the biggest wildfire in state history
By Chris MorrisMarch 1, 2024
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EnvironmentNew York City wants you to pay another $15 (at least) to drive into Manhattan, starting this summer
By Philip Marcelo and The Associated PressFebruary 29, 2024
EnvironmentMillionaire banking boss says ESG investing is good for business: ‘If that makes me woke, shoot me’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 28, 2024
EnvironmentTexas Panhandle wildfire hits nearly 800 square miles, second-largest in state history, shutting down nuclear weapons facility
By Jim Vertuno and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2024
LifestyleYoung women are pranking their dads by saying they’re going to work on oil rigs. The responses are heartwarming: ‘Money can’t bring your life back.’
By Sunny NagpaulFebruary 27, 2024
A worker installs a transformer.
TechElectrical transformers could be a giant bottleneck waiting for the AI industry—unless AI itself solves the problem first
By Dylan SloanFebruary 27, 2024
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EnvironmentExxon Mobil CEO on the ‘dirty secret’ of Net Zero: ‘People who are generating the emissions need to be aware … and pay the price’
By Jane ThierFebruary 27, 2024
A worker gathers cocoa pods cut from trees into a sack on a farm in Azaguie, Ivory Coast.
EnvironmentChocolate and cosmetic prices could soar on Europe’s new cocoa law that requires firms to prove that every bean they import didn’t contribute to deforestation
By Mumbi Gitau, Baudelaire Mieu, Ekow Dontoh and BloombergFebruary 27, 2024
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CompaniesTexas Bitcoin miner sues feds over energy survey: ‘We don’t want politics infecting data’
By Niamh RoweFebruary 27, 2024
The 2017 Thomas fire
EnvironmentUtility will pay $80 million to resolve allegations that power lines ignited dry brush in California blaze that ravaged more than a thousand homes
By The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2024
EnvironmentItaly has been trying to woo Tesla-beating BYD as the second auto giant on its shores
By Albertina Torsoli and BloombergFebruary 26, 2024
Moon landing
EnvironmentThe private company whose spacecraft on the moon tipped over is expected to cease operations after cutting mission short
By Marcia Dunn and The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2024
EnvironmentGermany’s latest ‘net zero’ plan involves storing carbon dioxide underground beneath the sea
By Geir Moulson and The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2024
Flaco the owl
EnvironmentFlaco superfans’ theory that NYC’s celebrity owl was ill before his death will get tested out by zoologists
By Cedar Attanasio and The Associated PressFebruary 25, 2024
White House salmon
EnvironmentBiden brokers $1 billion deal with Oregon, Washington, 4 Columbia River tribes to revive Northwest salmon population
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2024
Centcom Red Sea
EnvironmentThe Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping have created an 18-mile oil slick and an ‘environmental disaster’ that could only get worse, U.S. military says
By Samy Magdy and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2024
Death Valley
EnvironmentThe hottest place on earth has water as kayakers take ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to boat around Death Valley lake
By Ty O'Neil, John Locher, Stefanie Dazio and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2024
EnvironmentFirst large-scale offshore wind farm in U.S., off Massachusetts coast, has started delivering electricity
By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2024
CommentaryThe anti-ESG backlash is not just an American phenomenon as Europe waters down its sustainability agenda
By Camille FumardFebruary 22, 2024
Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris
EnvironmentVice President Kamala Harris announces $5.8 billion for water infrastructure projects, saying clean water is a right
By The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2024
CommentaryEndangered species could help us survive the great American political divide. Here’s why
By Bill Frist and Jennifer MorrisFebruary 20, 2024
EnvironmentCalifornia has big plans to turn organic waste into fuel but it’s far behind on its food recycling programs because people won’t separate their trash
By Amy Taxin and The Associated PressFebruary 19, 2024
Group of young people cleaning rubbish from a beach
EnvironmentHow much of your salary would you sacrifice to fight climate change? 69% claim they would give up 1%—but those in the U.S. are among the least keen to contribute
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 16, 2024
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