The nation’s flood insurance program struggles to balance affordability, flood protection and cost to taxpayers, leaving millions vulnerable at a time when climate change is driving flood risk higher. Nationwide, just 2.4% of properties are covered by 4.5 million federal …
FBI and U.S. Coast Guard investigators have found evidence that hackers accessed the propulsion system of an oil supertanker as it was approaching the Texas coast this summer, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, an extraordinary breach that …
Lyft will pay $272.5 million to settle allegations it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors. Of the settlement with the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, 87% will go directly to drivers. More than 1,600 drivers who filed wage claims through LCO’s …
Fifteen U.S. states sued agrichemicals company Corteva on Thursday, alleging that the spinoff of its seed and genetics business into Vylor was designed to shield the company’s best assets from tens of billions of dollars in potential liabilities tied to …
PG&E filed a 10-year Electrical Undergrounding Plan with the California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, to improve grid safety and reliability in high-wildfire-risk areas across northern and central California. Separately, PG&E Corp. said in early September that it plans to …
Just when it seemed American car buyers had left electric vehicles for dead, there are new signs of life in that corner of the auto market. Tesla Inc. and Rivian Automotive Inc. each posted better-than-expected EV sales for the third …
In 2018, local officials in Colorado sued oil companies in state court, charging that pollution from fossil fuels contributed to global warming and harmed Coloradans through extreme summer temperatures, more frequent wildfires and higher risk of some insect-borne diseases. Their …
Across the industry, nuclear verdicts are dominating conversations about social inflation and liability severity, and for good reason: in 2025, U.S. juries returned nearly 200 nuclear verdicts — awards of $10 million or more — against corporate defendants, a 40.7% …
A yearslong legal campaign to hold the oil industry accountable for climate change risks running aground in the U.S. as the Supreme Court takes up a case that threatens to undercut dozens of lawsuits. The justices open their new term …
Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. are pulling closer to Detroit’s marquee automakers in the U.S. auto market, boosted by demand for gas-electric hybrids and affordable vehicles as average car payments rise well above $800 a month. Toyota recorded …