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Why calls to eliminate FEMA could have widespread impact during 2025 hurricane season
CSU forecasts 17 named storms during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which is about three more storms than average. CSU ...
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FEMA losing roughly 20% of permanent staff, including longtime leaders
The agency tasked with delivering billions of dollars in assistance to communities devastated by natural disasters is about ...
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Philly may lose federal dollars to protect drinking water, shifting the costs to ratepayers
FEMA is ending a grant program expected to help prevent basement flooding in Northern Liberties, South Kensington and Ludlow. Ratepayers could be on the hook for the projects. FILE - A sign for the ...
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DOST Region 1 facilitates regional Saliklakbay Solutions training in Ilocos Norte
THE regional office of the Department of Science and Technology recently conducted the SalikLakbay Solutions Mapping training and immersion in Ilocos Norte. The initiative, which was conducted through ...
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FEMA funding cuts
Photo, left, courtesy of Hawaii Dept. of Transportation: Maui wildfires are among the disasters for which recovery funds have been withheld by FEMA under the Trump administratioin April 7, 2025 ...
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FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is known for responding to extreme weather like hurricanes and wildfires — the kinds of disasters that are becoming more intense and common as climate ...
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Where Is the United States? An Earthquake in Myanmar Is the First Test of President Trump’s Emergency Aid Cuts
In a significant shift from past practice, Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Myanmar’s military government, declared a state of emergency and is welcoming humanitarian aid from the international ...
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Nvidia Closes Acquisition of GPU Cloud Startup Lepton
Nvidia has closed its acquisition of Lepton AI, a two-year-old startup that rents out servers powered by Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips, according to a person close to the startup. The ...
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This Climate Program Saved the U.S. $6 for Every $1 Spent. Trump Just Killed It.
According to an April 2 memo, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is canceling more ... Capital B is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to delivering Black-focused, independent, fact-based ...
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World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise
A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO ... regional health ...
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Trump officials removed web tools that interpret environmental data. Volunteers are racing to rebuild them
There's been a lot of news about the removal of environmental, health and diversity data from federal websites. But scientists, policy makers and nonprofits have run up against another critical ...