FEMA Website Removes docs re Addressing Climate Change

From EEnews: FEMA docs for addressing climate change disappear from websites. The two funding notices are needed by states to apply for $1.35 billion in mitigation grants.”

“The Trump administration has removed public documents from FEMA websites that described plans to spend $1.35 billion in federal funds this year to protect against climate impacts and promote racial equity.

The two documents, called notices of funding opportunity, were taken down Thursday as the administration moves to end government climate programs and diversity efforts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency published them shortly before President Donald Trump took office to explain its goals and priorities for two of the nation’s main disaster grant programs.

The Biden administration and Congress had vastly increased funding in recent years for both programs, which pay for mitigation projects to harden infrastructure or structures against future disasters. President Joe Biden heralded the increased funding as part of his effort to address climate change.”

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