The Conflict at FEMA Between Rhetoric and Actions on Climate Change

First as tragedy, then as farce: FEMA still to adapt to climate change. Despite the agency’s attempts to account for bigger storms, its outdated rules leave communities unprepared for disaster.

An in depth look at recent disasters and the problems that FEMA has in dealing with recovery, highlighting needed changes in rules and regulations.

This article from Al Jazeera America relies on a recent report from the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom based at Boston University and WGBH News that produces investigative reporting and trains the next generation of journalists. The Fund for Investigative Journalism helped fund this report.

New GAO Report on Sandy Recovery

Hurricane Sandy: An Investment Strategy Could Help the Federal Government Enhance National Resilience for Future Disasters
GAO-15-515: Published: Jul 30, 2015. Both an abstract and the full report (93 pp) are available at this site.

This is a very important report for those concerned with mitigation and recovery processes.  The GAO spent more than 1 1/2 years on this performance audit.