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Disasters

"FEMA Cuts Emergency Training As Hurricane Season Looms"

"The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to current and former officials, memos seen by Reuters, and three sources familiar with the situation."

Source: Reuters, 05/14/2025

"Facing Lawsuit, USDA Says It Will Restore Climate Change-Related Webpages"

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore climate change-related webpages to its websites after it was sued over the deletions in February. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group, argued that the deletions violated rules around citizens’ access to government information."

Source: AP, 05/14/2025

Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk

"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."

Source: Guardian, 05/12/2025

Smoke From Climate-Fueled Wildfires Added To 1000s Of US Deaths Over 15 Years

"Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study."

Source: AP, 05/09/2025

US Will Stop Tracking Costs Of Extreme Weather Fueled By Climate Change

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change."

Source: AP, 05/09/2025

USFS and NPS Worker Cuts Leave Wildland Firefighting Crews Short-Staffed

"Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon."

Source: AP, 05/09/2025

Asbestos Clinic Forced To Close In Montana Town Where Thousands Sickened

"BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."

Source: AP, 05/09/2025

"Congress Counters Trump With Massive FEMA Restructuring Plan"

"A bipartisan group of House members is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and in some cases expand its services — in an effort to head off President Donald Trump’s threats to shrink or abolish the agency."

Source: E&E News, 05/09/2025

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