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Federal Emergency Management Agency

Trump’s Budget Proposes Massive Cuts for Climate and Environmental Programs

The budgets of the EPA, NOAA and FEMA would all be slashed, as would incentives for renewable energy.

By Dylan Baddour

Demonstrators march during a “Hands off the EPA” rally outside the agency’s offices in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 22, 2025. Credit: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images
Workers survey the damage after flash floods collapsed a bridge in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due

By Dana Drugmand, Nathaniel Eisen

FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force members search a flood damaged area in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Oct. 4, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

FEMA Skips National Hurricane Conference Amid DHS Shutdown

By Amy Green

Kristi Noem is standing near screens with FEMA's name and logo

Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA 

By Arcelia Martin

The aerial view shows a modest house and the American flag out front partially underwater.

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

By Keerti Gopal

An aerial view of Manville, N.J., after Hurricane Ida causes flash flooding in the area on Sept. 2, 2021. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

A New Jersey Buyout Program for Flood-Prone Homes Is a National Model

By Emilie Lounsberry

From left: Scott Vlaun, Renee Igo, Tamra Benson and Ania Wright talk around a table at the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy in Norway, Maine. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Nonprofit Center Works with Rural Maine Towns to Prepare for and Protect Against Extreme Weather

By Sydney Cromwell

Disaster survivors traveled to Washington, D.C., to call for a stronger federal disaster response system, not the much-reduced agency proposed by a Trump-appointed council. Credit: Ralph Alswang

Disaster Survivors Denounce Proposed FEMA Downsizing

By Anika Jane Beamer

A view of FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

White House Abruptly Cancels Meeting on FEMA’s Future After Leaked Report Revealed Plan to Gut the Agency

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

A view of a destroyed neighborood following the passage of Hurricane Melissa on Oct. 29 in Black River, Jamaica. Credit: RICARDO MAKYN/AFP via Getty Images

A Hurricane Season That Surprised With Record Storms and Notable Lulls

By Amy Green

Photo of the Counting House during the 2024 Nor'easter. Credit: Paul Wright

Climate Change Comes for the House of the Seven Gables

By Ryan Krugman

What Happens When Emergency Alerts Don’t Alert Everyone?

By Kiley Price

Boerne search and rescue team members prepare for operations on the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4 in Comfort, Texas. Credit: Eric Vryn/Getty Images

As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By

By Kiley Bense

Search and rescue workers dig through debris after flash flooding on July 6 in Hunt, Texas. Credit: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

What Trump’s Budget Cuts Mean for Disaster Preparedness

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

People try to stay cool during a heat wave on June 25 in New York City as temperatures hit the high 90s. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Weeks After a Heat Wave Baked the US, Democrats Push to Declare Heat a Major Disaster

By Kiley Price

The Eno River runs through west Hillsborough and along the River Walk downtown. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Before Tropical Depression Chantal Swamped Hillsborough, the Town Had Been Counting on FEMA

By Lisa Sorg

A dust storm approaches Bloomington, Ill., on May 16. Credit: Jason Borchardt/Chicago NWS

Severe Weather, Uncertain Funding: What’s It Like to be a Local Emergency Manager These Days?

By Alexia Underwood

The FEMA task force staffers are in a small inflatable boat, viewed through a window

Phase-Out of FEMA On Course, Trump Says, Raising Worries About a Weakened National Disaster Response 

By Dylan Baddour

A woman walks through high tide floodwaters on Aug. 9, 2024, in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Virginia Vulnerable to Trump’s Proposed Cuts in Emergency Management and Disaster Relief

By Charles Paullin

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