Climate Crisis Forces FEMA to Expand Disaster Aid

From Common Dreams

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• An entry in the Federal Register on Monday explicitly notes that new rules pertaining to government disaster assistance have been finalized due to the climate crisis, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency expecting to increase its costs by $512 million per year implementing the new policies.
• Sunrise Movement, the national climate action campaign that has pushed the Biden administration to declare a climate emergency and “reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s approval processes for aid,” applauded FEMA’s announcement.
• FEMA said that in addition to responding to feedback from survivors, it was making the changes because “climate change has elevated the need for the delivery of efficient disaster services.”

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