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Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?
NPR· 2 days agoFEMA’s guiding law, the Stafford Act, includes a list of 16 natural disasters that fall under the agency’s disaster-response purview. But the language of ...
Extreme Heat, Smoke Should Get US Disaster Label, Groups Say
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 3 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Activists are petitioning the US government to formally classify extreme heat and...
Should NJ mandate automakers sell only EVs and plug-in hybrids?
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 9 hours ago"Year after year, we have seen record-breaking annual temperatures," said Potosnak. "The heat wave...
Center for Biological Diversity Reports FEMA Urged to Fund Disaster Response for Extreme Heat,...
Sierra Sun Times· 2 days agoWASHINGTON— A multistate coalition of environmental, labor and health groups urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday to unlock crucial disaster relief funding for extreme heat ...
Summer music: Here’s how to see 100-plus free concerts in the Bay Area
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoThere are plenty of free shows happening in San Francisco, Los Gatos, Point Richmond, Concord,...
Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?
WHYY· 2 days agoThe Federal Emergency Management Agency has never responded to deadly or damaging extreme heat....
Four teenagers in court over crash that killed former Rugeley teacher
BBC News· 1 day agoAiden Adams and Bryan Micklewright, both 18, are accused of causing death by dangerous driving among...
Heat Waves Deserve Disaster Relief from FEMA, Petition Argues
Scientific American· 1 day agoCLIMATEWIRE | Labor unions, green groups and public health advocates pressed the Biden...
Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a ‘Major Disaster’
New York Times· 3 days agoThe labor and environmental groups are pushing the change so relief funds can be used in more...
Strafford resident comes in second for Miss Missouri crown
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks· 4 days agoMEXICO, Mo. — After making it to the top five of 2024’s Miss Missouri Scholarship Competition,...