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California’s FAIR Plan Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires

The move will likely lead to higher costs for households across the state, and may push more insurers to leave, intensifying a home insurance crisis.

Β© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Destruction left behind by the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., last month.

Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with β€œforever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.

Β© Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times

Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, has been roiled since investigators found high levels of PFAS at two cattle ranches that came from contaminated fertilizer.

Natural Gas Could Get Priority Over Renewable Energy in Largest U.S. Grid

Federal regulators approved a proposal from the nation’s largest grid operator that will give primacy to 50 new power plants, a decision to help meet the country’s growing electricity demand.

Β© Tristan Spinski for The New York Times

A natural gas power plant in Westbrook, Maine. Utilities and grid operators in recent months have shifted from renewable energy and toward natural gas generations.

Texas County Declares an Emergency Over Toxic Fertilizer

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with β€œforever chemicals” from the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge.

Β© Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times

Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, has been roiled since investigators found high levels of PFAS at two cattle ranches that came from contaminated fertilizer.
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