Tag Archive for "FEMA" - Union of Concerned Scientists

photo of Dania Davy smiling for the camera, with woods and filtered sunlight in the background

Imara Mickell

October 12, 2023

Building a Future for Black Farmers: An Interview with Legal Expert Dãnia Davy

Archie Creech
Outreach Coordinator

Two US Navy members work to remove a stranded, hurricane-damaged car from wreckage around it, after a big storm.

Official U.S. Navy Page/Flickr

September 26, 2023

No Time for Delay: Congress Must Keep Disaster Funding Flowing

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Flood waters surround a modest-looking white house with a detached garage behind it. The water has submerged what you could assume is a driveway, a front porch or steps, and the front and side yards.

FEMA

June 7, 2023

Worsening Risks of Climate Change Expose the Need for—and Hard Limits of—Property Insurance

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Kentucky National Guard

March 16, 2023

NOAA’s Spring Outlook Points to a Risky Season

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Three people sit in a small motorboat staffed by a member of the National Guard, evacuating them out of a flooded neighborhood

The National Guard/Flickr

September 20, 2021

Three Reasons the House Reconciliation Bill Is Good News for Flood Resilience and Communities

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

April 23, 2021

Deanne Criswell as the new FEMA Administrator: Here’s What she Brings to the Agency and the Challenges she’ll Face

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

USGS

March 3, 2021

FEMA’s Expert Committee Breathes a Sigh of Relief: They can now “Actually Say Climate Change.”

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

FEMA

December 3, 2020

On Day One, President-Elect Biden Can Better Prepare Communities for the Next Disaster

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

FEMA

August 26, 2020

As Hurricane Laura Bears Down on Gulf Coast, Data Shows How COVID-19 May Affect Evacuations

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

FEMA/Kenneth Wilsey

April 29, 2020

In the Wake of COVID-19, Congress Must Support Pre-Disaster Mitigation Programs

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Photo: Bob Walker/Flickr

January 9, 2020

Profiles in Cowardice: Chemicals, Climate, and a Toxic Disregard by the Trump Administration

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

Photo: US Army National Guard/Staff Sgt. Jorge Intriago

June 13, 2019

Hurricane Florence Lessons Underscore Need for the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

FEMA News Photo

April 9, 2018

FEMA and HUD Budgets are Vital for Disaster and Climate Preparedness

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 19, 2017

A Priority List for Trump’s New FEMA Chief

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

chere/Shutterstock

May 25, 2017

4 Ways President Trump’s Budget Takes Aim at FEMA and Disaster Preparedness

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

April 12, 2017

An Innovative Way to Encourage Disaster Preparedness: FEMA’s Public Assistance Deductible

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.

March 15, 2017

How to Make Disasters More Costly and Harmful: Cut FEMA’s Budget

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

August 10, 2016

The National Flood Insurance Program Must Be Improved: 5 Ways to Promote Climate Resilience

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

August 17, 2015

Doing More to Protect Frontline Communities Ten Years After Katrina

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 15, 2014

How to Fix Flood Insurance: Delaying the Biggert-Waters Act is Not the Answer

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

August 13, 2013

Rising Seas and Worsening Storms Require Rethinking Flood and Wind Insurance

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 10, 2013

Military and Civilians Alike are Battling Sea Level Rise in Tidewater Virginia

Adam Markham
Former Staff

January 29, 2013

Rebuilding for Climate Resilience in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

November 8, 2012

Sandy's Punch Proves Truth Will Out

Celia Wexler
Former contributor