Hurricane Beryl Makes a Mockery of Texas Climate Deniers
The state’s aggressive pro-global-warming policies have real teeth and will continue to do real harm.
Texas has suffered more weather-related damage over the past several decades than Florida, California or Louisiana.
Photographer: Melissa Phillip/Hearst NewspapersPop quiz time: Which US state is the most vulnerable to climate-fueled weather disasters and soaring home-insurance costs but is also growing rapidly and has a government hostile to the very concept of climate change? The most obvious answer is Florida, with its hurricanes and floods and anti-woke, stunt-loving governor. The correct answer, however, is Texas.
No other state has suffered more climate-related damage over the past several decades than the Lone Star State — not even Florida, California or Louisiana. Home-insurance costs rose more in Texas than in any other state last year and over the past five years, according to S&P Global. And though Governor Ron DeSantis has outlawed the mention of climate change in Florida, Texas’ aggressive pro-global-warming policies have real teeth and will continue to do real harm. Especially to Texas.