@therickmorris.bsky.social
Climate change x insurance with @publiccitizen.bsky.social (formerly w/ Sierra Club). Views are my own, but they can be yours too.
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This weekend, the New York Times ran a story claiming Sierra Club’s values have diluted our mission. They couldn’t be more wrong. The list of their errors is too long for one social post, but we go over some examples in these slides.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This weekend, the New York Times ran a story claiming Sierra Club’s values have diluted our mission. They couldn’t be more wrong. The list of their errors is too long for one social post, but we go over some examples in these slides.
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840,000 insurance policyholders in Florida are trapped in a mandatory arbitration system where the insurer almost always wins.
Regular people are left to pick up the pieces and pay the settlements.
We need a real investigation and accountability for this broken system.
Regular people are left to pick up the pieces and pay the settlements.
We need a real investigation and accountability for this broken system.
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
840,000 insurance policyholders in Florida are trapped in a mandatory arbitration system where the insurer almost always wins.
Regular people are left to pick up the pieces and pay the settlements.
We need a real investigation and accountability for this broken system.
Regular people are left to pick up the pieces and pay the settlements.
We need a real investigation and accountability for this broken system.
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Another day, another major news outlet publishing First Street criticism of FEMA whole cloth and without mentioning they are in the business of selling an alternative...
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
Under water: How FEMA's outdated flood maps incentivize a system in which risk is negotiable
About 75% of the nation’s flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal.
www.nbcnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another day, another major news outlet publishing First Street criticism of FEMA whole cloth and without mentioning they are in the business of selling an alternative...
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
We disrupted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners national gathering this morning. Our homes and health are too important to let the insurance industry buy off our regulators.
www.citizen.org/news/why-we-...
www.citizen.org/news/why-we-...
Why We Disrupted the Insurance Commissioners' National Gathering - Public Citizen
We’re at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ quarterly conference to demand state insurance commissioners listen to their constituents and…
www.citizen.org
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We disrupted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners national gathering this morning. Our homes and health are too important to let the insurance industry buy off our regulators.
www.citizen.org/news/why-we-...
www.citizen.org/news/why-we-...
Insurance commissioners shouldn’t take lavish gifts, campaign cash, or job offers from the companies they regulate.
We’re demanding every state regulator sign an Anti-Corruption Pledge—no more revolving door, no more conflicts of interest
✍️ Add your name: act.citizen.org/page/86590/a...
We’re demanding every state regulator sign an Anti-Corruption Pledge—no more revolving door, no more conflicts of interest
✍️ Add your name: act.citizen.org/page/86590/a...
Tell regulators to protect people, not big insurance companies
act.citizen.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Insurance commissioners shouldn’t take lavish gifts, campaign cash, or job offers from the companies they regulate.
We’re demanding every state regulator sign an Anti-Corruption Pledge—no more revolving door, no more conflicts of interest
✍️ Add your name: act.citizen.org/page/86590/a...
We’re demanding every state regulator sign an Anti-Corruption Pledge—no more revolving door, no more conflicts of interest
✍️ Add your name: act.citizen.org/page/86590/a...
Like a good neighbor. . .
NEW: The industry paints a gloomy picture, but nationwide, property insurers still cleared $25.4 billion in underwriting profit in 2024, and their net investment income surged to $164.3 billion.
By our @kennystancil.bsky.social. 🧵⬇️
By our @kennystancil.bsky.social. 🧵⬇️
Don't Let Home Insurers Fool You. They're More Profitable Than Ever
The industry paints a gloomy picture, but nationwide, property insurers still cleared $25.4 billion in underwriting profit in 2024, and their net investment income surged to $164.3 billion.
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Like a good neighbor. . .
Thinking of Texans in the Hill Country as they, their loved ones and neighbors work to recover from the tragedy that occurred over the past weekend.
If you're looking for a way to help, consider the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund: tinyurl.com/KerrFloodRel...
If you're looking for a way to help, consider the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund: tinyurl.com/KerrFloodRel...
/erp/donate/create/fund
tinyurl.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Thinking of Texans in the Hill Country as they, their loved ones and neighbors work to recover from the tragedy that occurred over the past weekend.
If you're looking for a way to help, consider the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund: tinyurl.com/KerrFloodRel...
If you're looking for a way to help, consider the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund: tinyurl.com/KerrFloodRel...
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Insurance giants shouldn’t be allowed to post profits and hike rates while denying fire survivors compensation they deserve.
Tell CA officials to stand up to Big Insurance: No hikes until people get paid!
Sign here: act.citizen.org/page/85237/p...
Tell CA officials to stand up to Big Insurance: No hikes until people get paid!
Sign here: act.citizen.org/page/85237/p...
Tell Gov. Newsom and the California Insurance Commission to stand with fire survivors
act.citizen.org
July 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Insurance giants shouldn’t be allowed to post profits and hike rates while denying fire survivors compensation they deserve.
Tell CA officials to stand up to Big Insurance: No hikes until people get paid!
Sign here: act.citizen.org/page/85237/p...
Tell CA officials to stand up to Big Insurance: No hikes until people get paid!
Sign here: act.citizen.org/page/85237/p...
6 months after the LA wildfires, CA is investigating 400+ insurance complaints from survivors. Yet, State Farm's raking in profits and asked for a 30% rake hike. Tell @governor.ca.gov and commissioner Ricardo Lara: No rate hikes until people get paid! act.citizen.org/page/85237/p...
July 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
6 months after the LA wildfires, CA is investigating 400+ insurance complaints from survivors. Yet, State Farm's raking in profits and asked for a 30% rake hike. Tell @governor.ca.gov and commissioner Ricardo Lara: No rate hikes until people get paid! act.citizen.org/page/85237/p...
Arkush ar-crushes it again on the senate floor. No notes.
We are losing to China in a competition for the future.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
June 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Arkush ar-crushes it again on the senate floor. No notes.
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New Yorkers can’t afford more delays to our Climate Law! NY Renews is cosponsoring a @thirdactorg.bsky.social talk with @delgadoforny.bsky.social & @billmckibben.bsky.social on 5/7 at 7 pm to discuss how we get there!
thirdact.org/nyc/events/lt-gov-delgado-bill-mckibben-in-conversation-30-minutes/
thirdact.org/nyc/events/lt-gov-delgado-bill-mckibben-in-conversation-30-minutes/
May 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New Yorkers can’t afford more delays to our Climate Law! NY Renews is cosponsoring a @thirdactorg.bsky.social talk with @delgadoforny.bsky.social & @billmckibben.bsky.social on 5/7 at 7 pm to discuss how we get there!
thirdact.org/nyc/events/lt-gov-delgado-bill-mckibben-in-conversation-30-minutes/
thirdact.org/nyc/events/lt-gov-delgado-bill-mckibben-in-conversation-30-minutes/
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Looking to see how the home insurance crisis is affecting your area?
Check out these new interactive maps we released, with incredible work from @kennystancil.bsky.social
Check out these new interactive maps we released, with incredible work from @kennystancil.bsky.social
NEW: "Mapping the Home Insurance Crisis" contains a series of interactive maps and tables to help people make sense of the climate change-fueled home insurance crisis.
A collaboration with @publiccitizen.bsky.social.
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A collaboration with @publiccitizen.bsky.social.
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Mapping the Home Insurance Crisis | Revolving Door Project
A series of interactive maps and tables to help people make sense of the climate change-fueled home insurance crisis.
therevolvingdoorproject.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Looking to see how the home insurance crisis is affecting your area?
Check out these new interactive maps we released, with incredible work from @kennystancil.bsky.social
Check out these new interactive maps we released, with incredible work from @kennystancil.bsky.social
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Here's our reaction to the CA FAIR plan bailout with a quote from @carolinenagy.bsky.social.
CA is basically asking insurers to split the $1b bill with the public.
Two things you might not realize though:
ourfinancialsecurity.org/2025/02/news...
CA is basically asking insurers to split the $1b bill with the public.
Two things you might not realize though:
ourfinancialsecurity.org/2025/02/news...
News Release: California Hands $500M Insurance Bailout Bill to Families & Homeowners - Americans for Financial Reform
The California State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a $1 billion bailout of the state’s FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) plan to help cover over 3,400 claims it has received ...
ourfinancialsecurity.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Here's our reaction to the CA FAIR plan bailout with a quote from @carolinenagy.bsky.social.
CA is basically asking insurers to split the $1b bill with the public.
Two things you might not realize though:
ourfinancialsecurity.org/2025/02/news...
CA is basically asking insurers to split the $1b bill with the public.
Two things you might not realize though:
ourfinancialsecurity.org/2025/02/news...
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“This choice shows that the new administration will leave no favor ungranted for the oil and gas industry and the wealthy fossil fuel executives who funded Trump’s campaign,” - yours truly via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump taps oil industry insider to oversee drilling on public lands
Bureau of Land Management nominee Kathleen Sgamma heads a fossil fuel industry trade group that sued the Biden administration over a landmark conservation rule.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“This choice shows that the new administration will leave no favor ungranted for the oil and gas industry and the wealthy fossil fuel executives who funded Trump’s campaign,” - yours truly via @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
With all this talk of a property insurance crisis, remember that it's regular people who are in crisis, not the companies.
Insurers are sitting on an historic $1+ TRILLION surplus. The companies are just fine.
They're laughing all the way to BlackRock.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
Insurers are sitting on an historic $1+ TRILLION surplus. The companies are just fine.
They're laughing all the way to BlackRock.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
content.naic.org
December 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
With all this talk of a property insurance crisis, remember that it's regular people who are in crisis, not the companies.
Insurers are sitting on an historic $1+ TRILLION surplus. The companies are just fine.
They're laughing all the way to BlackRock.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
Insurers are sitting on an historic $1+ TRILLION surplus. The companies are just fine.
They're laughing all the way to BlackRock.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
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I often hear wind and solar lead to more power outages.
But it’s not true. Here's the data for Germany:
Wind + solar had a share of 33% of electricity in 2022.
➡️But there were 43% FEWER interruptions than in 2006 when wind + solar contributed only 5%.
But it’s not true. Here's the data for Germany:
Wind + solar had a share of 33% of electricity in 2022.
➡️But there were 43% FEWER interruptions than in 2006 when wind + solar contributed only 5%.
December 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I often hear wind and solar lead to more power outages.
But it’s not true. Here's the data for Germany:
Wind + solar had a share of 33% of electricity in 2022.
➡️But there were 43% FEWER interruptions than in 2006 when wind + solar contributed only 5%.
But it’s not true. Here's the data for Germany:
Wind + solar had a share of 33% of electricity in 2022.
➡️But there were 43% FEWER interruptions than in 2006 when wind + solar contributed only 5%.
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it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
“We are living under FDR’s personal monarchy.”
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
December 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
the only thing that stinks worse than tim ryan's betrayal of the american people is the methane gas leaking from the export terminals he's shilling for
Tim Ryan’s appearance on MSNBC was nothing short of an unpaid ad for harmful gas drilling and exports that will raise prices for ordinary Americans.
It's the latest iteration of deceptive public relations tactics used by the fossil fuel industry.
citizen.org/news/ryan-pa...
It's the latest iteration of deceptive public relations tactics used by the fossil fuel industry.
citizen.org/news/ryan-pa...
Former Congressman Tim Ryan Paid Nearly $250K to Shill for Fossil Fuels - Public Citizen
Ryan’s appearance on MSNBC was nothing short of an unpaid ad for gas drilling and exports and is the latest deceptive tactics from Big Oil.
citizen.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:49 PM
the only thing that stinks worse than tim ryan's betrayal of the american people is the methane gas leaking from the export terminals he's shilling for
Two pathways to help communities adapt to ecologically "indefensible" areas in this time of climate change. In Wales, people were abandoned and the whole thing collapsed. In France, people were taken care of and the area became more resilient.
The 2 most important case studies for the US right now.
The 2 most important case studies for the US right now.
How to do Managed Retreat, and how not to.
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
December 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Two pathways to help communities adapt to ecologically "indefensible" areas in this time of climate change. In Wales, people were abandoned and the whole thing collapsed. In France, people were taken care of and the area became more resilient.
The 2 most important case studies for the US right now.
The 2 most important case studies for the US right now.
Property insurance looks a lot like health insurance: companies take increasingly higher profits while withdrawing coverage and offloading costs to more and more people.
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
December 10, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Property insurance looks a lot like health insurance: companies take increasingly higher profits while withdrawing coverage and offloading costs to more and more people.
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
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If you think Direct Air Capture (DAC) is going to save us, please read this.
This is isn’t some left-wing fringe environmental group saying this.
It’s MIT.
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
This is isn’t some left-wing fringe environmental group saying this.
It’s MIT.
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air
An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...
news.mit.edu
November 26, 2024 at 2:56 PM
If you think Direct Air Capture (DAC) is going to save us, please read this.
This is isn’t some left-wing fringe environmental group saying this.
It’s MIT.
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
This is isn’t some left-wing fringe environmental group saying this.
It’s MIT.
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
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the Kochs are not your friends. Glad to see @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social digging into the libertarian side of the "abundance movement." (And I'm fully on board with housing YIMBYs).
The people who have spent the last few weeks lambasting "the groups" for Harris' loss have a new message and coalition they're calling the "abundance agenda".
Our @DylanGyauchL took the time to actually examine the groups behind the agenda and there's some unsavory characters
Our @DylanGyauchL took the time to actually examine the groups behind the agenda and there's some unsavory characters
November 27, 2024 at 4:41 PM
the Kochs are not your friends. Glad to see @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social digging into the libertarian side of the "abundance movement." (And I'm fully on board with housing YIMBYs).
My guy @alanzibel.bsky.social brings the receipts: we're exporting SO MUCH gas that it's driving up prices here at home. The plan to export more just means jacking up costs even more while like 10 billionaires laugh all the way to the bank.
NEW: Trump's expected push to ramp up exports of liquefied natual gas is likely to whack consumers in the pockebook.
I looked at Pennsylvania and found that the LNG export push from Trum's fossil fuel allies could stick consumers with a $16B energy shock.
www.citizen.org/article/keys...
I looked at Pennsylvania and found that the LNG export push from Trum's fossil fuel allies could stick consumers with a $16B energy shock.
www.citizen.org/article/keys...
Keystone Gas Gouge: Gas Export Push Could Stick Pennsylvania Consumers With $16 Billion Bill
www.citizen.org
November 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
My guy @alanzibel.bsky.social brings the receipts: we're exporting SO MUCH gas that it's driving up prices here at home. The plan to export more just means jacking up costs even more while like 10 billionaires laugh all the way to the bank.
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Kamala Harris treated climate change as an issue to be avoided. But climate is one of Dems' best opportunities to tell stories that, like Trump's, have clear villains and center the way elites (like Big Oil CEOs) are hurting working class people.
That's why it's time for climate populism.
That's why it's time for climate populism.
The Answer to Democrats’ Class Problem Is Staring Them in the Face
The climate crisis offers one of the strongest fields imaginable for proving fealty to the working class against rapacious elites.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Kamala Harris treated climate change as an issue to be avoided. But climate is one of Dems' best opportunities to tell stories that, like Trump's, have clear villains and center the way elites (like Big Oil CEOs) are hurting working class people.
That's why it's time for climate populism.
That's why it's time for climate populism.