Geo Policy: Social Media is Influencing our Political Behavior.

Thanks to Chris Jones for the citation.

From the Wash Post: Trump officials hindered at least nine key oversight probes, watchdogs said. Some may finally be released in coming months.

Some of the reports were of disaster efforts, including aid to Puerto Rico.
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From Inside Climate News: With Lengthening Hurricane Season, Meteorologists Will Ditch Greek Names and Start Forecasts Earlier. Record ocean warmth means 2021 could be another busy year for tropical storms in the Atlantic.

From GovTech: FEMA Grant Could Relieve Effects of ‘Environmental Racism’0

For decades, residents in Centreville, Ill., and other economically challenged cities in the area have suffered from sewage and flooding problems that could be addressed by a $22 million FEMA grant.

From The Conversation: Sea levels are rising fastest in big cities – here’s why

From the NYTimes: Fourteen Lessons for the Next Pandemic.

From GovTech: Top 5 Lessons COVID-19 has Taught us for the Next Pandemic

From the NYTimes: One Year Later, We Still Have No Plan to Prevent the Next Pandemic. “And yes, there could soon be another pandemic.”

From Scientific American: FEMA says it will make disaster response more equitable. The Federal Emergency Management Agency acknowledges that recovery programs have unfairly burdened certain populations

From HSDL details about a new report from the Trust for America’s Health: Ready or Not 2021: Are We Prepared for Public Health Threats?

From the WashPost: A viral tsunami: How the underestimated coronavirus took over the world. “That virus would slowly reveal its secrets — and proceed to shut down much of the planet, killing more than 2.5 million people in the most disruptive global health disaster since the influenza pandemic of 1918.”