‘Closing the chapter’ on Fema: Trump panel seeks to weaken disaster response amid climate crisis (opens in new tab)

Council’s plan will leave Federal Emergency Management Agency ill-equipped to respond to extreme weather events, experts saySweeping changes may be in store at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), the nation’s frontline emergency response coordinator, that experts warned could further erode US capacity to handle disasters as the risks of extreme weather fueled by the climate crisis continue to rise.Fears about a fundamental overhaul of Fema’s form and function have been brewing sin...