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Community Leaders in Florida Say Trump’s FEMA Pullback Leaves Them Struggling to Fill the Void

The president may have backed off killing the agency outright, but his FEMA Review Council clearly sees a much reduced emergency management role for the federal government.

By Amy Green, Charles Paullin

 FEMA representatives take information from people displaced by Hurricane Ian at a shelter in Estero, Fla. Credit: Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post/Getty Images
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference on May 5 in Menands, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

As Communities Warn of Health Risks, New York Will Weaken Its Landmark Climate Law

By Lauren Dalban
Crews with Georgia Power repair transmission lines on Aug. 6, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Could Georgia Voters Turn Their Utilities Commission Blue?

By Ryan Krugman
Fifth-generation Montanan Brad Wilson stands beside a dirt road that leads to a century-old public trail that was abandoned by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a controversial land swap with the Yellowstone Club—an exclusive mountaintop retreat for the megarich. Credit: Evan Simon/Floodlight

Trump Officials, Billionaires and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands

By Evan Simon and Ames Alexander, Floodlight
Helicopters dump water to fight a wildfire on Feb. 7, 2019, near Nelson, New Zealand. Credit: Evan Barnes/Getty Images

New Zealand Moves to Ban Tort Liability for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Damage

By Dana Drugmand
Used EVs sit on a sales lot on March 30 in West Covina, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Claims ‘Overwhelming Rejection’ of EVs as It Moves to Loosen Air Pollution Rules

By Anika Jane Beamer
Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a campaign event on May 1 in Portland, Maine. Credit: Graeme Sloan/Getty Images

Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

By Nathaniel Eisen
Solar panels are installed on the roof of a home at a housing development in Falmouth, Maine. Credit: Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

On Sullivan Planning Board, Platner Voted to Pump the Brakes on Solar

By Nathaniel Eisen
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. Credit: Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images

What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia on March 2 in Richmond. Credit: Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images

Virginia Governor Signs Dominion-Backed Bills. All Eyes on Regulators Now.

By Charles Paullin
A view of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Consumers Energy

What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.

By Marianne Lavelle
Bison graze on American Prairie land in Montana. Credit: Amy Toensing/Getty Images

Trump Administration Bans a Nonprofit’s Bison From Grazing on Federal Lands, but Spares Tribes

By Blaine Harden
An aerial view of Project Boson, the future site of a nearly 620,000-square-foot data center surrounded by homes and a school in Archbald, Pa. Credit: Heather Ainsworth/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Outpouring of Frustration Over Pennsylvania’s Rapid Data Center Growth

By Jon Hurdle
Workers assemble electric vehicles on Jan. 13 at a factory in Zhejiang, China. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Environmental advocates join state legislators and health care professionals to urge the passage of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act on Monday in Albany, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’

By Lauren Dalban
Beds are seen inside the Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center in Ochopee, Fla., on July 1, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says

By Amy Green
The Pinyon Plain uranium mine located within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument, a few miles from Grand Canyon National Park, in Tusayan, Ariz. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump Administration Kills Rule Putting Conservation of Public Lands on Equal Footing With Resource Extraction

By Wyatt Myskow
The construction site of a data center developed by Related Digital for Oracle and OpenAI is seen on May 6 in Saline, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Seeks Looser Construction Rules for Gas Plants, Data Centers and Factories

By Charles Paullin
EPA staff visit a Superfund site in Clearlake Oaks, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2024. Credit: Jane Tyska/East Bay Times via Getty Images

New Jersey Leads the Nation in Superfund Sites as EPA Funding Cuts and Staff Reductions Threaten Cleanups

By Anna Mattson

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