'BradCast' 9/30/2022 (Climate journalist Thomas Frank on Florida's insurance industry collapse)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 In 2013, Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was a representative in the US House, where he voted against sending federal disaster aid to states affected by Superstorm Sandy. But now he has changed his tune, asking President Biden for billions in federal dollars to recover from Hurricane Ian. Even before Ian devastated the Florida, the state's insurance industry was close to collapse, and decades of climate science denial by the state's GOP leadership hasn't helped. Climate change impact journalist THOMAS FRANK explains the history of Florida's unstable property insurance industry and why, despite paying the nation's highest insurance premiums, most Floridians may still be 'financially ruined' by Hurricane Ian. Frank discusses how profit drove a 30-year real estate building boom in the state, putting ever more people and homes in harm's way despite warnings from climate experts about rising sea levels and more intense hurricanes, how Ian 'smashed' that 30-year boom in a single day, and what comes next. Also today: House Democrats recently released a trove of internal documents revealing Big Oil executives admitting to 'gaslighting' the public, falsely claiming they intend to fight the climate crisis, while privately laughing that they have no intention of doing so. Plus a special new 'ad' from Chevron reveals how the oil industry really feels about its customers, their families, and the planet.