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https://newrepublic.com/article/174450/heat-national-disaster-wont-biden-administration-say-so

To date, the U.S. has never issued a federal #disasterdeclaration for #heat; according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, three such requests have been denied. Why doesn’t the federal government treat #extremeheat like the catastrophe it is?
- Kate Aronoff

This Heat Is a National Disaster. Why Won’t the Biden Administration Say So?

To date, the U.S. has never issued a federal disaster declaration for heat. According to FEMA, three such requests have been denied.

The New Republic

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Gladwyn d’Souza Jul 23, 2023

#CapitalismIsKillingYou: federal funds to rebuild and repair property and infrastructure. #Extremeheat causes relatively little damage to those #assets, Ward explains, yet can rack up major #deathtolls and massive costs through demands on the #healthcare #system and declines in #laborproductivity - Kate Aronoff in TNR.