EPISODE · Jul 20, 2020 · 9 MIN
Small towns, climate change, and a bizarre insurance policy
from POLITICO Energy · host POLITICO
Natural disasters ravage inland American towns every year, and these towns often don’t get the federal recovery money they need. Now they’ve resorted to the private market for this money, with massive insurance policies to protect against droughts or floods. POLITICO’s Zack Colman on the risks of relying on insurance policies to deal with climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Natural disasters ravage inland American towns every year, and these towns often don’t get the federal recovery money they need. Now they’ve resorted to the private market for this money, with massive insurance policies to protect against droughts or floods. POLITICO’s Zack Colman on the risks of relying on insurance policies to deal with climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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