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Rob Moore

@rmoore2023.bsky.social
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Works on issues related to climate adaptation, insurance, policy, and escalating disaster risks due to climate change. Also a real downer at cocktail parties.

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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🤦🏻‍♂️ Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...
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Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Once again, scientists turn out to be right about climate change. Being able to say, "Told you so," still feels like an unsatisfactory result, of course. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/c...
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The Balance That Keeps Climate Stable Is Out of Whack, U.N. Report Finds
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: March 28 will be the biggest protest in US history. Find your local No Kings event to make clear you're part of The Resistance to this regime’s brutality at home, pathetic ineptness, perpetual lying & their illegal war in Iran. ✊https://app.sosha.ai/s/39HA7UDd
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Was great to be on @americaadapts.bsky.social latest show to talk about the growing insurability crisis taking hold across the country. Me and Alfonso Pating of NRDC talk about the growing crisis and what states need to be doing. www.americaadapts.org/episodes/an-...
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An Uninsurable Country: What Rising Climate Risk Means for Homeowners with NRDC — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast
An Uninsurable Country: What Rising Climate Risk Means for Homeowners. Ep. 249.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New blog from my colleague Alfonso Pating @nrdc.org examines the reliability of homeowners insurance in an era of rapidly rising risks. www.nrdc.org/homeowners-c...
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Homeowners Can’t Count on Insurance. States Can Help.
By pairing stronger insurance market oversight with risk-reduction programs and better last-resort insurance options, state regulators can help make our safety net reliable again.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The use of a person's credit score to price homeowner's insurance is a major problem. In many states, a person's credit score has a bigger influence on their premium than the physical risk of damage. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Rising Home Insurance Costs Are Linked to Your Credit History
In many states, homeowners with “excellent” credit scores are charged less for home insurance than those with worse scores, even if they live in a disaster-prone area.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Persona Noem Grata apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership
President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Trump said he was nominating Oklahoma Republican Sen.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Noem's out, Mullin's in. I'm guessing the chaos and dysfunction @FEMA and @DHS remain about the same...just with fewer uninformed public pronouncements that Sec Noem served up. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is out, Trump says, after controversial tenure
President Donald Trump announced the decision on social media and said Noem would be replaced with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
States must recognize these warning signs and take the steps to stave off an insurability crisis-in-the-making. Read more to find out the actions states need to take to avoid falling into an "insurability crisis" of their own making. www.nrdc.org/resources/un...
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An Uninsurable Country
States must take action to fend off the looming home insurability crisis.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The report looks at how an "insurability crisis" evolves. As risks increase, a growing portion of our built environment is becoming uninsurable. The warning signs include: - Rising damages - Rising insurance prices - Rising numbers of uninsured homes - Rising enrollment in FAIR Plans
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Today @NRDC released "An Uninsurable Country: States must take action to fend off the looming home insurability crisis." Wondering how the turmoil in state insurance markets came to be -- and what can be done about it? Read and find out! www.nrdc.org/resources/un...
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An Uninsurable Country
States must take action to fend off the looming home insurability crisis.
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👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 24/02/2026
The federal EPA wants to force Americans to give as much money as possible to oil companies. State and local leaders have a duty to their constituents to fight back. Here are 16 ways to cut pollution – by making HOUSING more available and affordable. via @climatecabineteducation.org
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Housing Policy that Solves Climate Change - Climate Cabinet Education
State and local policy solutions to address the climate crisis, the affordability crisis, and the housing crisis at the same time.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
State Farm's Super Bowl ad may not have had the intended effect
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Gov. Pritzker's call for state oversight of insurance prices overlooks the need for state action on risk reduction efforts. Absent efforts to control rising risks, the state might just be rubber stamping rate increases justified by mounting disaster losses. chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-gov...
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Pritzker pushes back at State Farm in fight for tighter insurance regulations
The giant insurer hit homeowners with premium increases last summer averaging 27%, and unlike some states, Illinois has zero authority to block insurance price hikes. The governor is trying to change ...
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Today's a great day. After months of inadvertently hitting the Microsoft Co-Pilot button on my laptop keyboard, my IT department is disabling it!
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Mmmm. Made from scratch cornbread stuffing. One of my favorite things to make for Thanksgiving
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New report from @NRDC and @EDF on funding voluntary buyouts. Buyouts not only allow high-risk property owners to move somewhere safer but also the newly acquired properties can become part of the community’s longer-term climate resilience plans. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
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New Report Shows How States Can Fund Home Buyouts as Federal Resources Shrink
As costs for damages from climate-fueled disasters continue to mount, a new report from NRDC and EDF shows how states and local governments can pay for voluntary home buyouts and relocation assistance...
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
First step to solving a problem is recognizing we have one...a very big one. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: 1.5 degrees ‘no longer plausible’ as global emissions hit record
The most aggressive goal of the Paris Agreement is out of reach, according to a new analysis by the Global Carbon Project.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Illinois AG's seeking information about State Farm's huge rate increases in Illinois. That may turn up other factors, but I told @Law360 why premiums may rise for years to come. "If our homes aren't built for the future, then homes won't be insurable in the future." www.law360.com/insurance-au...
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Illinois Seeking Transparency With State Farm Suit, Pros Say - Law360 Insurance Authority
In suing State Farm for homeowners insurance data, the state of Illinois is taking an approach to regulating carriers with transparency in mind that could be replicated elsewhere, but lowering climate...
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Headquartered in Illinois, State Farm is not interested on providing data to the Illinois Department of Insurance about its insurance business. Illinois AG is going to have State Farm explain this to the courts. www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/il...
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State Farm faces lawsuit from Illinois amid scrutiny over rate increases
The suit alleges State Farm refused to comply with a Department of Insurance examination into its homeowners business.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"If Illinois wants stable and sustainable insurance and housing markets, then climate resilience and risk reduction must be a higher priority, in addition to appropriate regulatory oversight of the prices insurers charge homeowners."
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"If homes aren’t built to withstand future storms, then those homes will not be insurable in the future. It’s just that simple."
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"The so-called “insurance crisis” is actually an “insurability crisis.” Most homes were never built to survive the types of disaster events we see today and will see in the future. Across the country—and Illinois—homes are becoming uninsurable as a result."
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
My op-ed was published today in @crainschicago.bsky.social re: whyt Illinois must do more on risk reduction and climate resilience in order to keep homeowners insurance prices stable. One need only look to LA, CA, and FL for what happens if you don't. www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illi...
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Opinion: Illinois faces an insurability crisis — not just an insurance crisis
Rising premiums show Illinois faces an insurability crisis fueled by climate risk — and price regulation alone won’t keep coverage affordable.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Gilbert Gaul's recent piece in @yalee360.bsky.social should be required reading for state insurance regulators and officials who are responsible for bldg codes and land use. Where, what, and how we build today define tomorrow's problems. e360.yale.edu/features/cli...
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How Climate Risks Are Putting Home Insurance Out of Reach
After years underestimating the risks posed by climate-fueled disasters, the U.S. home insurance industry is in turmoil. In vulnerable areas, rising insurance costs are upending housing markets and co...
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
good inspiration 50 States, 50 Fixes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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50 States, 50 Fixes
A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Time to circle the firing squad up. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Shutdown Looms as Senate Democrats Block Bill to Extend Funding
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The administration's dismantling of risk reduction and disaster resilience programs will cost the nation dearly. My colleague, Anna Weber, makes a good case for keeping these programs. progressive.org/op-eds/disas...
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Disaster Resilience Planning Saves Money and Lives
Instead of cutting funds for disaster planning, the Trump Administration needs to prioritize risk reduction.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Story on "beach nourishment" project in South Carolina contains all-too-predictable sentiments that illustrate the futility of these projects 1) you can't just spray sand and expect it to stick 2) identical project done in 2014 and 2018 (see 1 above) www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...
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As peak hurricane season nears, how much sand is left after Folly Beach's $23M renourishment?
Nearly all of the new sand is still on Folly Beach a year after Army Corps began 2024 renourishment project, a good sign ahead of peak hurricane season.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
It's quiet out there...thank goodness.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
If you missed Columbia University's Climate Mobility conference in June, you can learn more about it on @americaadapts.bsky.social. www.americaadapts.org/episodes/ins...
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Inside the MR2025 Conference: Planning for Adaptation, Mobility and Relocation in a Warming World — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast
Inside the MR2025 Conference: Planning for Adaptation, Mobility and Relocation in a Warming World. Ep. 233.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
But this is gaining ground w the administration's supporters?? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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How weather conspiracy theories moved from online fringes to state laws
On Monday, Florida’s attorney general warned, “We don’t jeopardize public health so we can bend the knee to the climate cult.”
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Does that make sense to anyone? In the aftermath of a flash flood that led to 120+ fatalities? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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NOAA was developing a tool to help communities prepare for future rainfall. Trump officials stopped it.
The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Beautiful Spending Bill That Makes Climate Change Worse Protects Chickens From Climate Change 🐔🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Senator Raises Climate Warning Amid Texas Floods and Trump’s Tax Bill
Sheldon Whitehouse will give his 300th floor speech on climate on Wednesday, less than a week after Congress rolled back clean energy incentives.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Put down you Rolex Sec. Noem. Times Up! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
As President Trump heads to Texas, let's reflect on some of his previous disaster site visits, as told in this book. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Whose-...
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We've done this a couple times earlier...right? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Trump announces 35 percent tariffs on Canada
The levy injects fresh turmoil into a strained bilateral relationship as Prime Minister Mark Carney negotiates a new economic partnership with the United States.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I think that's what's so troubling “Without any official action,” the official said, “you’re already seeing the theory” of the administration’s new approach “taking place in Texas.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump administration backs away from abolishing FEMA
As Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish FEMA, officials said.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
FEMA Administrator...I mean Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator (kinda)...nowhere to be seen. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: FEMA leader is a no-show after deadly Texas flooding
David Richardson hasn't made public appearances, statements or social media postings since last week's flood. Former FEMA officials say that's concerning.
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Just gaming this out, IF these were weather control devices... Why would such a device be in the hands of a local tv affiliate and not an entity a bit higher up on the food chain, like a Bond villian or something? What motive would the TV station have for creating such a storm?
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Conspiracy theorists certain that weather radars operated by local tv stations are weather control devices. Not sure how we win this war of the minds. How does one correct such an amazingly off-kilter belief?
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Sec Noem's personally approving any expenses in excess of $100,000 at DHS and FEMA In the wake of disasters in TX and NC, that's a lot of reviewing and not much delivery of much needed services. www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
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In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I don't hear that very often. 😆
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
"Let me be a little more direct, sir. I didn't come out of concern for you running down your battery...but for my retinas."
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
"Well, I have the tailgate open, so when I close it the lights will auto shutoff a few minutes later." "Yes, see, you're behind the car, and the headlights are in front, so I'm sure they don't bother you, nor are you using them."
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Rob Moore @rmoore2023.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
At the fireworks...people pulling in and setting up chairs and insist on leaving their headlights on. me: "Can you please turn off your headlights?" "Oh yeah, they'll turn off in a few minutes." me: "How about you turn them off now...using the switch?
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