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Extreme Weather Is Sending Home Insurance Rates Through the Roof; Big Oil Should Pay (www.commondreams.org)

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We and a growing number of lawmakers are proposing legislation to ensure that the companies that helped drive the climate crisis help pay their fair share of the ensuing damage.

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Some ecosystems were never good places to build homes, too. Once-in-250-year floodplains are still floodplains.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yesterday there was a thread here on Lemmy where everyone was complaining that California wouldn’t let them rebuild in a fire zone. That’s easy to say it’s a bad idea until it’s your home

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 59 minutes ago

Yes, and The Netherlands would like a word about floodplains.