Press & News
CBS Evening News — Taxpayers bear cost of protecting high-end coastal communities from hurricanes
CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell — Hurricane season is nowhere near over, but already several storms have caused significant damage along the Eastern Seaboard. Taxpayers are paying a stiff price to protect high-end coastal communities from these powerful storms. Stephen Stock explains.
New York Times — If Your House Were Falling Off a Cliff, Would You Leave?
Homeowners along the eastern coast of England are watching the North Sea swallow their communities. Help is on the way — but only for some.
Sierra — UNDERWATER ; Could climate chaos sink the US real estate market?
By Amanda Abrams — Could climate chaos sink the US real estate market?
NJ.com — Homeowners in N.J. town devastated by Ida get $10M to buy out flood-prone properties
By Steven Rodas — More than a year after the remnants of Hurricane Ida battered New Jersey, including large portions of Manville, FEMA will provide about $10 million to help fortify the borough against future storms, NJ Advance Media has learned.
Politico — Ian will 'financially ruin' homeowners and insurers
By Thomas Frank — The storm inundated the homes of thousands of Floridians who don't have flood insurance, exposing weaknesses in the nation's effort to address the rising costs of extreme weather.
Politico — How FEMA helps white and rich Americans escape floods
By Thomas Frank — An investigation by POLITICO's E&E News reveals systemic favoritism toward wealthy and white people in a federal program that lifts homes above rising floodwaters.
Atlantic — The Democrats Fighting to Protect the Coastal Elite
By Russell Berman — Who will actually benefit from a new progressive climate policy?
Bloomberg Green — Unlimited Sand and Money Still Won’t Save the Hamptons
By Polly Mosendz and Eric Roston — If you happened to be in Montauk, N.Y., when the trucks started rolling in this summer, you’d get a sense of how much sand $171,000 buys.
ecoRI News — Some Rhode Island Flood Insurance Rates About to Skyrocket
By Roger Warburton — For Rhode Islanders, an increase in flood insurance rates is coming, perhaps as soon as next year. And, perhaps surprisingly, to inland property owners as well as those along the coast…
Wash Post — The price of living near the shore is already high. It’s about to go through the roof.
By Darryl Fears and Lori Rozsa — As FEMA prepares to remove subsidies from its flood insurance, a new assessment says 8 million homeowners in landlocked states are at risk of serious flooding because of climate change
ecoRI News — For Many On Coast, Climate Crisis Means Rising Insurance Rates
By Caitlin Faulds — The country’s largest flood insurer is changing how it analyzes risk, and it could signal a reckoning for coastal communities.
Pew — Repeatedly Flooded Properties Will Continue to Cost Taxpayers Billions of Dollars
By Laura Lightbody, Brian Watts — Action needed from Congress to reform outdated policies and reduce flood impacts
Projo — Army Corps proposes lifting 341 buildings
By Alex Kuffner — In a bid to reduce the potential damage from flooding caused by storm surges, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put forward a $58.6-million plan that would largely be funded through taxpayer money to lift up 341 private structures on the Washington County coast.