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2016 was Earth's Hottest Year
The planet sizzled to its third straight record warm year in 2016, and human activity is to blame, federal scientists announced Wednesday. The average temperature across the Earth's land and ocean surfaces was 58.69 degrees, a whopping 1.69 degrees above average ...

Natural Disasters Smashed Canada Insurance Claims Record in 2016; It's Only Going to Get Worse
Natural disasters from coast to coast triggered a staggering $4.9 billion in insurance claims in 2016, and we need to prepare for more wild weather, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) warned ...

U.S. Had More Floods in 2016 than Any Year on Record
2016 really was the year of the flood in the U.S.: In total, 19 separate floods swamped the nation last year, the most in one single year since records began in 1980 ...

15 Costliest U.S. Winter Weather Events by Insured Losses (1980-2015)
According to data from Munich Re, winter storms caused an estimated $3.5 billion in insured losses in 2015, up from $2.6 billion in 2014. From 1995 to 2014 winter storms resulted in about $27 billion in insured catastrophe losses (in 2014 dollars), or more than $1 billion a year on average ...

Guilmette School Mold Lawsuit Advances
When did the city know of faulty construction at the Guilmette School that led to mold problems and forced the shuttering of the school in 2010? That's what a judge hearing Lawrence's $6.5 million claim against the contractor who built the Guilmette School wanted to know from the city's lawyers Monday in Superior Court.

Allegations of Unpaid Wages and Benefits Hit Asbestos Cleanup Firms
Federal prosecutors are investigating an asbestos-removal company active in the Boston area to see whether the firm withheld wages and benefits from workers, according to people familiar with the matter. The case is part of widening U.S. Justice Department activity and private civil action targeting asbestos-removal and demolition contractors for alleged worker mistreatment amid a construction and renovation boom in Massachusetts ...