California considers new wildfire rules for plants next to homes : NPR
After the heavy toll of the Los Angeles fires, California regulators are moving ahead with rules to limit or clear...
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Australia: Smart home materials protect from heat and cut energy bills
Australia is getting hotter. Climate change is driving more frequent and prolonged extreme heatwaves and our homes are struggling to...
Grenades and bomb making materials discovered in Cape Coral home, leads to arrest
Military-style hand grenades, homemade bomb-making materials, chemicals, guns, and thousands of rounds of ammunition were found inside a Cape Coral...
Trump Administration Tariffs Could Result in 450,000 Fewer New Homes Through 2030
Housing costs are at an all-time high. Unfortunately, the Trump administration’s tariffs on homebuilding materials such as lumber, copper, cabinets,...
IBHS Findings on L.A. Fires Reinforces Systems-Based Mitigation
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety released findings from its post-event investigation of the 2025 Los Angeles County...
One year after California wildfires, progress is slow in rebuilding
Metallic grinding sounds mark the start of the day, as contractors report to work in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California....
How smart home materials can shield us from extreme heat and cut energy bills all year
Australia is getting hotter. Climate change is driving more frequent and prolonged extreme heatwaves and our homes are struggling to...
Brickmaking keeps eating farmland as Bangladesh misses clean-build goal
Despite a 2019 mandate to switch to concrete blocks and other alternatives by June 2025, most government projects continued...
Columnist Molly Kimball’s home has timeless Southern style | Entertainment/Life
When Molly Kimball and Brad Schlotterer were designing their Old Metairie home with architect Michael Bell in 2006, they were inspired...
