DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sat atop millions of dollars in flood prevention grants while the West Coast was being inundated. Now she’s slashing FEMA disaster response staff.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump’s Katrina Is Coming
The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Cost of Climate
Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
FEMA’s Years of Living Dangerously
The Trump administration’s determination to force states to shoulder disaster funding burdens guarantees more deaths and destruction.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Saving FEMA
Actual natural disasters might provide a reprieve for the broken agency.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Post-Helene Recovery Underlines Americans’ Uneasy Relationship With Appalachia
After the region’s latest climate disaster, local residents grapple with destruction and frustration.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Hurricanes Are a Profit Center for Insurers
To compensate for exaggerated expectations of claims, they jack up rates and hollow out coverage, giving themselves more profit than before.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Biden Administration Response to Helene Has Been Good
If Donald Trump were president, this would not be the case.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Beachfront Roulette
After Hurricane Ian, Southwest Florida takes its chances on the climate crisis and builds back right up to the water’s edge.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Waterlogged in Southeastern Virginia
As sea levels rise, certain places in the Hampton Roads region are sinking faster than anticipated—and some residents may have to think about moving out of harm’s way.