Trump wants to get rid of FEMA. The future of disaster relief would be grim
We’re just praying we don’t get so much as a bad rain in the next four years.’ In an executive order Monday, President Donald Trump demanded a “full-scale review” of the Federal Emergency Management ...
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Puerto Rico on tenterhooks over Donald Trump’s idea of eliminating FEMA: “It would be another disaster”
While making the caveat that this is extremely premature, mayors and the former executive director of the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3), Manuel Laboy ...
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Lawsuit Challenges FEMA Funding to Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Fossil Fuel-Dependent Electric Grid
WASHINGTON— Conservation and community groups sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security today over their plans to rebuild Puerto Rico’s centralized electric ...
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Disaster contractors hired by Kentucky part of “entire new economy”
In lawsuits, DRC Emergency Services allegedly put workers' health at risk, underpaid subcontractors, broke deals with ...
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Tropical Storm Dorian: Puerto Rico declares emergency
The US territory of Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency as it braces for a tropical storm churning through the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued hurricane watch ...