The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is known for responding to extreme weather like hurricanes and wildfires — the kinds of disasters that are becoming more intense and common as climate change gets worse. But the agency also has a program …
This article originally appeared in WFAE’s Climate News newsletter. Sign up here for weekly climate stories straight to your inbox. A metal staircase leads up to the finished floor of the Hannah Ferry pump station. Outside the station, a long metal plaque …
NM Highlands University sues FEMA, alleging unnecessary hurdle in way of 2022 wildfire compensation - Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico A public university in Las Vegas, New Mexico is suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency, alleging the agency is …
Cities and counties in Kentucky received an official notice last week that the federal government was cancelling millions of dollars in infrastructure grants. The email hit the inboxes of local officials as they were still picking up the pieces from a once …
Santa Barbara County is still waiting for funds from FEMA and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, which could hold up construction projects and repairs. This was just one of the updates given when the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors met …
Another funding cut from the Trump administration has Massachusetts Democrats voicing frustration. FEMA announced an end to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program, canceling all BRIC applications from 2020 to 2023 and clawing back $ …
The sun is out and the mood is high in Leadville, Colorado, for the city’s annual skijoring competition. America’s highest-elevation city—at a whopping 10,154 feet—has played host to skijoring for 75 years. Riders on horseback tow skiers behind them on a …
YUBA COUNTY — Federal funding for critical flood protection in the Yuba-Sutter area was cancelled, and local agencies are scrambling to come up with a solution. Construction for a project to reinforce part of the levee along the Sutter Bypass — protecting …
On Tuesday, the district court in Rhode Island, following the lead of numerous other recent court decisions[*], enjoined further implementation of the "funding freeze" announced in Executive Order 14,154 ("Unleashing American Energy"), …
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