Water & Oceans

FEMA Staffing Shortages Could Hinder Disaster Recovery Efforts, GAO Says

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s past recovery efforts have been impeded by staffing shortages, and officials are facing an ongoing hurricane season with even fewer employees, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on Tuesday."

Source: Government Executive, 09/04/2025

"White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind"

"The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies to draft plans to thwart the country’s offshore wind industry as it intensifies its governmentwide attack on a source of renewable energy that President Trump has criticized as ugly, expensive and inefficient."

Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2025

"Eyeing A Potential Future Tropical Storm In The Eastern Atlantic"

"A tropical wave located a few hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on Tuesday morning was headed west at about 15 mph." "And in the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Lorena is a heavy rain threat for Mexico, while Hurricane Kiko may pass close to Hawaii Sep. 10-11."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/03/2025

"EPA Plans To Dramatically Reduce Wetland Protection"

"The Trump administration will soon propose a new Clean Water Act rule that could eliminate federal protections for many wetlands across the U.S., according to an internal EPA presentation obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Source: E&E News, 09/03/2025

Trump DOT Cancels $679 Million For Offshore Wind Projects As Industry Reels

"The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry."

Source: AP, 09/02/2025

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