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Disasters

Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Admin Takes Aim at the Agency

"The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated."

Source: NYTimes, 05/09/2025

Trump Admin Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Warned of Arctic Climate Change

"Key datasets used to monitor the impacts of climate change in the Arctic have emerged as the latest victim of cost-cutting by the Trump administration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/08/2025

"Democratic-Led States Sue To Prevent Trump From Gutting Health Agencies"

"A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge the Trump administration's decision to gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by firing 10,000 of its employees and shuttering entire agencies within the department."

Source: Reuters, 05/08/2025

"Anti-Government Group Threatens Crucial Weather Radars, NOAA Warns"

"An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees."

Source: Washington Post, 05/08/2025

Rural Communities Were Promised Millions In Disaster Funds. Trump Says No.

"In DePue, Ill., sewage will keep backing up into people's basements when there's heavy rain. In Rising Sun, Md., a mobile home park that has already flooded six times will remain in harm's way. And in Kamiah, Idaho, houses won't get upgrades that would protect them from wildfires"

Source: NPR, 05/06/2025

Scientific Societies To Do Climate Assessment After Trump Dismissed Authors

"Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness."

Source: Guardian, 05/05/2025

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