Climate change fueled extreme weather could cost real estate market $1T plus: Study

Climate change-fueled extreme weather could cost real estate market $1T-plus: Study

The impacts of climate change could cost real estate nearly $1.5 trillion in value, according to a study published Monday by climate risk modeler First Street. Researchers write that climate change ...

The Hill - 4h

Commercial real estate crawls back

Sector started to recover from a two-year slump at the end of 2024

Financial Times - 15h

Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’

A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.

The New York Times - 1d

Wealth divide will steepen as climate change spikes insurance costs, report finds

Climbing temperatures are sharpening economic divides in American communities, a new report has found. Rising insurance rates are increasingly making broad swaths of the country's biggest cities ...

The Hill - 1d

Europe ‘can’t cope’ with extreme weather costs, warns insurance watchdog

EU regulator Hielkema says governments and banks will struggle to pay for natural disasters

Financial Times - 1d

‘Jeopardy!’ host Ken Jennings gradually expands his real estate portfolio

Jennings, who hails from Seattle, now hosts both “Celebrity Jeopardy!” and the original “Jeopardy!,” possibly earning $4 million a year.

MarketWatch - 5d

Climate change made extreme conditions that fed California blazes more likely: Study

Study says climate change made extreme fire conditions that fed California blazes more likely

ABC News - 6d

Conditions that fueled L.A. fires were 35% more likely because of climate change, scientists find

The hot, dry and windy conditions that preceded the Southern California fires were about 35% more likely because of climate change, according to a new report.

NBC News - 6d

Wider LA areas will be ‘more flammable’ due to climate change, study finds

Climate change caused primarily by fossil fuel burning had increased the likelihood of the California fires, scientists say

Financial Times - 6d

Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA fires, study shows

Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate. A triple whammy of climate impacts boosted the risk of the ferocious fires that ...

The Guardian - 6d

California bill would hold oil and gas companies liable for climate change-fueled damage

A bill introduced in California’s state Legislature would make fossil fuel companies legally liable for damages from climate change, similar to current law holding utilities liable for fires ...

The Hill - Jan. 28

Leading China Property Developer Reports Huge loss, in Sign of Widening Real-Estate Woes

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 27

DeepSeek Is Fueling a Stock Market Reckoning

Wall Street is panicking as China seems to have created a real competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT for cheap.

Inc. - Jan. 27

Why extreme weather is making power outages more frequent

The extreme weather events affecting the U.S. are leading to more power outages for Americans. CBS News Los Angeles' Marina Jurica breaks down the effects.

CBS News - Jan. 24

How a smaller government real-estate footprint under Trump could boost cities

History shows that selling government-owned buildings or terminating their leases isn’t quick or easy

MarketWatch - Jan. 24

ETFs increase efficiency of markets, new study shows

Academic findings on macro-market behaviour contradict widely accepted previous research

Financial Times - Jan. 24

Extreme weather failing to encourage political climate action, says activist Luisa Neubauer

Fridays for Future organiser warns conspiracy theories are increasingly taking hold despite effects of global heating. The rise in extreme weather is not generating political support for climate ...

The Guardian - Jan. 24

Stargate Is Fueling a Record Stock Market

Trump’s AI initiative includes billions from OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank.

Inc. - Jan. 23

Demise of Australia’s large kangaroos likely not caused climate change, study suggests

Yahoo News - Jan. 23

San Francisco's coyotes are changing their menu: Study

With few natural landscapes available in the country's second-most-dense urban environment, San Francisco's coyotes are shifting their diets — and doing so in different ways depending on their zip ...

The Hill - Jan. 22

Here's how climate change is reshaping home insurance costs in California — and the rest of the U.S.

Even for homeowners outside of California, worsening extreme weather means higher insurance rates.

CNBC - Jan. 22

How an NYC real estate tycoon became Trump’s man in the room for Gaza negotiations

Steve Witkoff was Donald Trump’s man in the room as the ceasefire and hostage release deal was forged between Israel and Hamas.

NBC News - Jan. 19

Inside the Gaza Deal: How a New York Real Estate Developer Took on Netanyahu and Hamas

Envoy Steve Witkoff, carrying a message from Donald Trump, broke through the impasse in long-futile cease-fire talks.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 18

Extreme cold weather forecast for U.S.

Major football events in the U.S. will carry on in frigid temperatures that are expected nationwide. CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Jessica Burch has the latest weather forecast.

CBS News - Jan. 17