02/19/2025Atlas of Accountability: County-Level Federal Disaster Declarations (2011-2024)Between 2011 and 2024, 99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather, a…
02/15/2025Blowing up FEMA could be its own disasterNewsday: The broader picture: New York had the second-highest disaster assistance by state at $1,326 per capita, behind Louisiana, according…
02/13/2025Mobilizing for Vermont’s Extreme WeatherJoin legislators, partners, and community members for an in-person conversation about funding climate infrastructure in VT and take part in …
02/11/2025Can Donald Trump abolish FEMA?Newsweek: States led by Republican governors or represented by two Republican senators tend to experience more disasters and receive slightl…
02/10/2025Gov. DeSantis supports President Trump’s pledge to overhaul how FEMA operatesFox 13 News: A map produced by "Rebuild by Design," a non-profit at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge, shows that 93% of U.S. counties ha…
02/10/2025Why eliminating FEMA would be a disaster for LINewsday: President Donald Trump wants to revamp the Federal Emergency Management Agency or possibly get rid of it as he recently suggested.…
02/05/2025Building Climate Resilience: The Latest in New JerseyFebruary’s speaker event features New Jersey’s Chief Resilience Officer, Nick Angarone, discussing NJDEP’s latest efforts to help communitie…
02/03/2025Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Experts explain that and more about FEMAAssociated Press: Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency Manag…
01/28/2025In Vermont, a Push to Prevent Flooding or Get Out of the WayYale e360: Vermont’s Washington County, which contains Plainfield and Montpelier, the state capital, ranked third in the nation in total dis…
01/28/2025In Vermont, a Push to Prevent Flooding or Get Out of the WayYale 360: An increase in extreme precipitation events has hit the tiny, mountainous state of Vermont especially hard. As disaster declaratio…
01/28/202510 Projects, 1 Mission: A Rainproof NYCFrom storms that disrupt daily life to flash floods that threaten homes and infrastructure, the impacts of heavy rainfall are becoming incre…
01/17/2025Building Resilience in Rural Communities Speaker SeriesJoin local and national partners to explore innovative solutions for building resilience in Vermont. Through case studies and in-depth discu…