People & Population

"FEMA Should Take New Name, States Should Bear Costs, DHS Head Noem Says"

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency should be renamed as the agency is reformed to increase the burden on states to respond to natural disasters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a meeting on reforming FEMA on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 05/21/2025
May 23, 2025

'Silencing Voice of America', in Conversation With Liam Scott and Freedom of the Press Foundation

This conversation about the Trump administration’s attacks on Voice of America and other publicly funded media outlets will examine how these moves threaten the independence of public-interest journalism, what’s at stake for reporters and audiences, and what comes next for press freedom in the U.S. and around the world. 12:30 p.m. ET.

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May 29, 2025

YPCCC Webinar: Understanding and Countering Climate Change Misinformation and Disinformation

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication hosts an online conversation with speakers from Climate Action Against Disinformation, Graphika and University of Cambridge on how climate change disinformation spreads, groups that are susceptible and how climate communicators can respond. 10 a.m. ET.

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"Helene’s Unheard Warnings"

"As Hurricane Helene barrels toward Yancey County in North Carolina, the predictions are grim. Communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains are particularly vulnerable. But there are no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these rivers and creeks. Few grasp what’s coming."

Source: ProPublica, 05/20/2025

"Many On Navajo Nation Blindsided By Hydrogen Pipeline Change"

"The company at the center of a controversial green energy project connecting New Mexico and Arizona has changed plans for a key component: A much-debated pipeline that would have carried climate-friendly hydrogen will instead carry natural gas, and possibly a natural gas-hydrogen blend at a future date. Unlike hydrogen, natural gas, blended or not, contributes to climate warming both in its production and when it is burned for energy."

Source: Capital & Main, 05/19/2025

Puerto Rico: "Waiting, Often in the Dark, for Frozen E.P.A. Funds"

"The Trump administration is trying to claw back billions in climate grants, including $147 million that could help people in Puerto Rico withstand frequent power failures."

Source: NYTimes, 05/19/2025

"Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat"

"A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under the previous administration and gutted the only agency that studies workplace health and safety."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/19/2025

"China’s Mega Dam Project Poses Big Risks for Asia’s Grand Canyon"

"China’s plans to build a massive hydro project in Tibet have sparked fears about the environmental impacts on the world’s longest and deepest canyon. It has also alarmed neighboring India, which fears that China could hold back or even weaponize river water it depends on."

Source: YaleE360, 05/16/2025

Toxic Cleanups in San Francisco Take 4+ Years Longer in Communities of Color

"Toxic site cleanups take longer in parts of San Francisco where fewer residents are white, a new data analysis from the San Francisco Public Press shows. The analysis also shows that a higher proportion of residents who are Black, Indigenous and other people of color in an area correlates directly with longer cleanup durations."

Source: SF Public Press, 05/16/2025

"After Disasters, AmeriCorps Was Everywhere. What Happens When It’s Gone?"

"After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a crew of more than 300 young people showed up to help, many of them members of the national service program AmeriCorps." "Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency."

Source: Grist, 05/16/2025

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