February 8, 2018
The Trump administration’s stance on climate change became a little less clear this week. Six months ago, President Donald Trump revoked an Obama-era rule requiring federally funded projects to account for the increased flood risk associated with global warming. Critics …
December 4, 2017
The Trump administration’s proposed $12 billion initiative to reduce future flood damage met with skepticism in Congress, as lawmakers warned against diverting emergency funding away from hurricane survivors. “We’ve got folks who are suffering,” said Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican congressman …
August 15, 2017
President Donald Trump will revoke an Obama-era executive order on Tuesday that required strict building standards for government-funded projects to reduce exposure to increased flooding from sea level rise, sources said. Trump will sign his executive order this afternoon to …