“Morally reprehensible”: Prediction Markets Offer Bets on Wildfires

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Sun, 05 Jul 2026 11:30:00 GMT

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sylvie Andrews and her partner didn’t just lose the new house they’d helped build when the Eaton Fire ripped through Altadena, California, in January 2025. They lost an entire decade’s worth of sacrifices they’d made to put down roots […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (5 sources)

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