#Trump’s Plan to Eliminate #FEMA Could Spell #Disaster for Impacted #Communities
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..."Trump’s FY’26 budget proposal would reduce FEMA grant programs by $646 million, claiming the programs are “wasteful and woke.” Coen said these grants are essential to supporting states and municipalities as they prepare for and recover from major disasters. "...
"Most of the nation's drug manufacturing plants reside in the path of hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters, posing risks to the supply chain, a national assessment indicated."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/environmentalhealth/117087
#PublicHealth #drugs #SupplyChain #manufacturing #business #climate #environment #weather #NaturalDisasters #disasters #FDA #FEMA
“The Corp for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that has so far provided millions of dollars to local television & radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use to send out emergency alerts.
“The change comes after Republican lawmakers voted last month to defund [CPB],” after a Trump edict calling on them “to zero out >$1.1B in previously approved spending for the organization.”
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that has so far provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use to send out emergency alerts.
North Carolina Waiting on Millions in FEMA Preparedness Grants as Hurricane Hits
FEMA also still owes North Carolina hundreds of millions in promised recovery funds from last year’s Hurricane Helene.
"Trump has treated FEMA the same way his administration has treated virtually every other federal agency, by reducing staff through a combination of layoffs and retirements—and withholding, canceling, or cutting spending that Congress had already authorized."
Jonathan Cohn reports that in Texas, It's been nearly seven weeks. And they’re still looking for bodies.
At FEMA, "senior leaders [are] gone, staffing [is] down, and money [is] not going out the door as expected."
#Trump #KristiNoem #Texas #FEMA
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