Tag Archive for "FEMA" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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January 29, 2025

As Extreme Weather Intensifies, FEMA Needs Competent Leadership and Funding

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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January 27, 2025

The Perils of Ignoring Racial Equity in Disaster Relief and Recovery Are Costly

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

A person wearing an American flag hoodie surveys a flooded apartment complex and submerged parking lot in Clearwater, FL, after Hurricane Milton in 2024.

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October 31, 2024

When Danger Season Collides with the Affordable Housing Shortage

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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October 22, 2024

What Is FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund? What You Should Know, Why Costs Keep Rising and What We Can Do About It

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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October 3, 2024

Hurricane Helene’s Massive Destruction Was Supercharged by Climate Change, Here’s How You Can Help

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

A red pickup truck idles on a road in rural Nebraska with its passenger side door open. Nearby, the massive black funnel cloud of a tornado touches down.

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July 30, 2024

Three Takeaways from Twisters: Hillbillies, Science, and Solutions

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

outside digital thermometer in California reading 123 degrees.

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July 15, 2024

Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

A man documents storm damage to a house after Hurricane Ida on September 3, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

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June 19, 2024

Climate Change Is Driving an Insurance Crisis: Policymakers and Regulators Must Act

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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April 17, 2024

Fossil Fuel Companies Make Billions in Profit as We Suffer Billions in Losses: 2024 Edition

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

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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.

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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

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September 20, 2021

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

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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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

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January 9, 2020

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

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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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

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May 25, 2017

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

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director