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In 2024, solar generation grew by 27% and wind grew by 8% compared to 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000005#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The share of electricity generated from fossil fuels in the U.S. declined from 72% in 2001 to 58% in 2024. This trend is driven by a significant drop in coal, which fell from approximately 50% of the mix in the early 2000s to 15% in 2024, at which point it was surpassed by combined solar and wind power.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000005#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional leadership varies by technology: California and Texas generated 41% of all U.S. solar power in 2024, while Texas produced 28% of all U.S. wind power. 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Data from January through November 2024 shows a global surface temperature of 1.54°C (2.77°F) above the 1881-1910 baseline average.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000123#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The United States experienced 24 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters between January and November 2024, causing an estimated 418 deaths and $61 billion in damages. This total excludes the costs of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which are expected to add $100 billion or more, potentially pushing 2024's total damages beyond the $95 billion recorded in 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000123#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The average time between billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. has decreased significantly, dropping from 82 days in the early 1980s to 15 days between 2020 and 2024, and further shrinking to 12 days during the first 11 months of 2024.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000123#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Severe storms were the most frequent billion-dollar disasters in 2024, accounting for 71% (17 events) of the total. 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The organization also secured wins against cryptomining operations in New York, fossil fuel infrastructure expansion in New Jersey, and the loss of wetlands protections following the U.S. Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision, notably helping Colorado pass legislation to reinstate wetland protections in May 2024. Additionally, the report highlights efforts to regulate PFAS in plastic containers, limit lead wheel weights, and protect endangered species such as the Cook Inlet beluga whale and Pacific sardine.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"earjust-002334#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"In June 2024, Earthjustice secured a settlement with the Hawai\u0011i Department of Transportation (HDOT) to decarbonize the state's transportation system by 2045. The agreement requires HDOT to implement a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan within one year, invest in pedestrian, bicycle, and transit networks over five years, and allocate at least $40 million to the public electric vehicle charging network by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"earjust-002334#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Earthjustice achieved several victories against fossil fuel infrastructure and extraction, including a court ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to weigh climate harms when approving a methane gas pipeline expansion for New Jersey. In March 2024, a federal court also found that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the law by offering nearly 120,000 acres of leases in Wyoming without adequately considering impacts on groundwater, the climate, and the sage grouse.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"earjust-002334#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Biden administration announced in May 2024 the end of coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, which is described as the largest coal-producing region in the U.S. and one of the world's largest carbon pools.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"earjust-002334#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In March 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the Peruvian government violated human rights by failing to address industrial lead pollution in La Oroya. 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Using climate attribution science, the report estimates that over one-third of weather-related insured losses between 2002 and 2022—approximately $600 billion—are attributable to human-caused climate change. The analysis reveals a stark mismatch in underwriting, with renewable energy premiums representing less than 30% of the size of the fossil fuel insurance market in 2023. For 15 of the 28 major property and casualty insurers analyzed, estimated climate-attributable losses exceeded the premiums they collected from fossil fuel clients. While Generali is noted as the first insurer to restrict oil and gas expansion across the entire value chain, the report concludes that voluntary corporate leadership has stalled, necessitating urgent regulatory intervention to mandate 1.5°C-aligned transition plans and higher capital requirements for fossil fuel exposure.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000636#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Between 2002 and 2022, climate-attributed insured losses totaled between $475 billion and $720 billion, averaging $30 billion annually. 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Steward, owned by Cerberus Capital Management, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2024 with over $9 billion in liabilities. Prospect Medical Holdings, majority-owned by Leonard Green & Partners, saw $649 million in dividends and $9 million in management fees extracted while its safety-net hospitals suffered financial and quality declines.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000088#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Medical Properties Trust (MPT) is identified as a key accomplice in the looting of hospitals by facilitating sale-leaseback transactions. For example, a 2016 deal between MPT and Steward Health Care generated nearly $500 million in dividends for Cerberus and funded expansion, but eventually burdened the system with rent payments it could not afford.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000088#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To combat these practices, the author recommends several policy changes: creating joint liability for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, closing the 'carried interest loophole', banning debt-funded dividends, and regulating or banning hospital real estate sale-leasebacks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000088#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Massachusetts","Florida","Ohio","California","Connecticut","New Jersey","Pennsylvania","Rhode Island","Texas"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","policy analysis"]},{"id":"costratri-000132","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/costratri-000132","title":"The National Security Need to Optimize the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)","publisher":{"name":"The Council on Strategic Risks","organization":"the-council-on-strategic-risks"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2024-11-22","source_url":"https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/22/the-national-security-need-to-optimize-the-drug-supply-chain-security-act-dscsa/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The author contends that the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), while a step forward, is too reactive because it only mandates tracking when a product is suspected of being counterfeit. 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Grand Junction, Colorado, was the most unusually hot city, recording a temperature 8.9°F above normal.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000117#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change significantly influenced temperature patterns as measured by the Climate Shift Index (CSI). California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Florida had the highest number of days where temperatures were at least three times more likely due to climate change (CSI 3). In San Juan, Puerto Rico, there were 16 days at CSI 5, meaning those temperatures were at least five times more likely to occur because of climate change.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000117#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Long-term warming trends were evident in 185 of the 191 analyzed ACIS stations since 1970. Reno, NV, is identified as the fastest-warming station for October, with an average increase of 7.4°F since 1970.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000117#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["extreme event attribution","extreme heat"],"geography_discussed":["Texas","New Mexico","Colorado","Arizona","Utah","California","Florida","Iowa","Puerto Rico"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["attribution analysis"]},{"id":"climcent-000285","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/climcent-000285","title":"Monthly Attribution Overview - November 2024","publisher":{"name":"Climate Central","organization":"climate-central"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-11","source_url":"https://assets.ctfassets.net/cxgxgstp8r5d/37LZuQcpJ94PGonknUSxL9/c658224b2545f71ee72c1774711c6a98/Climate_Central___November_2024_U.S._Attribution_Report.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"In November 2024, 166 out of 191 analyzed U.S. cities were warmer than normal, with the South averaging 5.7°F above average. While long-term warming trends are evident—with El Paso, Texas warming 6.4°F since 1970—daily climate attribution signals (CSI 3 or higher) remained rare due to fall weather variability, though they were most prominent in Gulf Coast states and Puerto Rico.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000285#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"November 2024 temperature anomalies were elevated across most of the U.S., with 166 of 191 analyzed cities being warmer than normal and an overall average temperature anomaly of 3.7°F. The South was particularly affected, with cities averaging 5.7°F warmer than average.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000285#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Baton Rouge, Louisiana, recorded the highest temperature anomaly at 9.7°F above normal. November 2024 was the hottest November on record for 15 cities, including all five analyzed cities in Louisiana.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000285#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Long-term warming trends since 1970 were observed in 182 of 191 analyzed ACIS stations. El Paso, Texas, is the fastest-warming station for November, with an average increase of 6.4°F since 1970.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000285#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Daily climate attribution signals (CSI 3 or higher, meaning temperatures were at least 3x more likely due to climate change) were rare in November due to fall weather variability. However, states along the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico showed the strongest signals; San Juan, Puerto Rico, had 23 days at CSI 5.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000285#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["extreme event attribution"],"geography_discussed":["Louisiana","Texas","Puerto Rico","Florida"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["attribution analysis","statistical trend analysis"]},{"id":"isdglo-000010","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/isdglo-000010","title":"Russian propaganda exploits US hurricane response to undermine FEMA and Ukraine support","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Strategic Dialogue","organization":"institute-for-strategic-dialogue"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2024-10-24","source_url":"https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/russian-propaganda-exploits-us-hurricane-response-to-undermine-fema-and-ukraine-support/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document identifies a Russian propaganda campaign that exploited the aftermath of hurricanes Milton and Helene to foster domestic discontent in the US. 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