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DoomsdaysCWTrump signs order to shift disaster preparations from Fema to state and local governmentsReuters Tue 18 Mar 2025 22.12 EDT“From day one, the Trump administration has been eroding the nation’s capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters,” Moore told Reuters."'They’ve overseen the dismissal of 1,000 Fema staff – who won’t be there to respond to a flood or wildfire – and are withholding funding from local and state governments who are doing risk reduction projects and more.'"Shana Udvardy, a senior researcher at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnionOfConcernedScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UnionOfConcernedScientists</a>, said she was concerned the order marked 'another dangerous step' that would leave communities with fewer resources to prepare for future disasters."'The executive order shifts most of the responsibility for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisasterPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DisasterPreparedness</a> to state and local governments, asking them to make more expensive infrastructure investments without outlining the federal role in that,” she said." <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-executive-order-fema-disaster-preparation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-executive-order-fema-disaster-preparation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ExtremeWeather</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Polycrisis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WereOnOurOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WereOnOurOwn</a>

Susi Arnott“Attempts to hide climate science from the public will not stop us from feeling the dire impacts of climate change" <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/damiencarrington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#damiencarrington</a> quoting <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/UnionofConcernedScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnionofConcernedScientists</a> <a href="https://social.rebellion.global/@ScientistRebellion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ScientistRebellion</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/@scientifiques_en_rebellion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@scientifiques_en_rebellion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

DoomsdaysCWNuclear Expansion Sparks Concerns from Scientists of '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CatastrophicFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CatastrophicFailure</a>' Story by Jordan King June 19, 2024"A group of scientists has spoken out against a new bill that aims to accelerate the development of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nuclear</a> energy."The U.S. Senate passed the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ADVANCEAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ADVANCEAct</a> on Tuesday, which, among other things, makes it easier and quicker for companies to apply for permits and creates new incentives for advanced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nuclear</a> reactor technologies."It was passed with bipartisan support (88-2 votes), with Democrats getting behind it for environmental reasons and Republicans seeing it as a way to ensure electricity supply and create jobs."An example of how the bill could be applied is with the Bill Gates-backed company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TerraPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TerraPower</a>, which has so far been unable to secure a permit to build a $4 billion <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Natrium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Natrium</a> Reactor on an old <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#coal</a> plant site in Wyoming, Reuters reports."But the Union of Concerned Scientists, a science advocacy nonprofit, is worried about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#safety</a> implications of the bill, which is now on its way to President Joe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Biden</a> to sign into law."The organization's director of nuclear power safety Dr. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EdwinLyman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EdwinLyman</a> compared the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NRC</a>] relaxing of rules to the Federal Aviation Administration doing the same with air transport."<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nuclear-expansion-sparks-concerns-from-scientists-of-catastrophic-failure/ar-BB1ovdL7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nuclear-expansion-sparks-concerns-from-scientists-of-catastrophic-failure/ar-BB1ovdL7</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigOilAndGas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Greenwashing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NoNewNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnionOfConcernedScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UnionOfConcernedScientists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NuclearPowerPlant</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NuclearPlants</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Greenwashing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</a>

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