The jobs of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees tied to climate change and related hazards are next on the chopping block after hundreds of probationary workers were fired earlier this week,
Americans who are being displaced by global warming's extreme weather may be out of luck when it comes to federal support.
A developing Trump administration plan for deep staff cuts and drastic changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is raising alarm among some state officials and even Republican lawmakers, who worry that it will weaken responses to future disasters.
President Donald Trump has implemented a slew of actions and executive orders that stand to have wide-reaching impacts on climate policies.
The Trump administration has removed public documents from FEMA websites that described plans to spend $1.35 billion in federal funds this year to protect against climate impacts and promote racial equity.
Elon Musk's budgetary chainsaw is looming over U.S. disaster prediction and response agencies — just as climate change is making certain types of extreme weather events more common and intense. Why it matters: Cutting the Federal Emergency Management Agency — possibly entirely — and slashing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s budget and mission amid a parade of climate disasters could have disastrous
After firing 200 probationary employees this weekend, FEMA was directed "to make a list" of anyone who worked on climate or equity.
The agency issued an internal memo saying it would “pause” a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public facilities damaged by disasters be rebuilt safely.
For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, the Trump Administration has ordered that to stop, according to people involved with the work.
That position change made me a probationary ... senior specialist in U.S. disaster and climate risk with Episcopal Relief and Development. “If FEMA’s capacity is dramatically cut, as it ...
The court ruled that the Trump administration had a narrowly defined path to withhold some funds to the city that had been approved by Congress.
The upcoming firings could have a broad reach because under then-President Joe Biden, FEMA emphasized climate change and equity. “This will impact the majority of our staff,” the FEMA email ...