Goodbye, FEMA. Hello, Disaster Consultants.
Pushing more responsibility for disaster response onto the states will mean depending more on private contractors.
Planet
Your guide to life on a warming planet
NOAA Has Been Trying to Predict How Bad Floods Could Get
Under the Trump administration, the future of those projects is up in the air.
How Close Are Manatees to Extinction?
Close enough that proposed changes to protections for endangered species could doom them.
The Meadowlands Ideal
The protections that made its balance possible are disappearing.
The American Car Industry Can’t Go On Like This
Ford is taking drastic steps to compete with China’s cheap EVs. Even that might not be enough.
The Clean-Energy Equation No One Can Solve Yet
Does the world have enough key minerals?
America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy
On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.”
Trump Is Trying to Steamroll the Tennessee Valley Authority
Earlier this week, the White House told the board of America’s largest public-energy provider to fire the CEO, or be fired.
The Trump Administration Is Violating the First Rule of Disasters
Good disaster management is premised on preparation.
The Problem With ‘Move to Higher Ground’
Even emergency alerts that reach people can be unclear.