‘Closing the chapter’ on Fema: Trump panel seeks to weaken disaster response amid climate crisis
Why this matters: environmental and climate reporting with long-term consequences.
Council’s plan will leave Federal Emergency Management Agency ill-equipped to respond to extreme weather events, experts say Sweeping changes may be in store at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), the nation’s frontline emergency response coordinator, that experts warned could further erode US capacity to handle disasters as the risks of extreme weather fueled by the climate crisis continue to rise.Fears about a fundamental overhaul of Fema’s form and function have been brewing since Donald Trump returned to the White House. After castigating the agency over claims that it was too expensive and “doesn’t get the job done”, Trump set to gutting Fema as an early priority for his second term. Continue reading...