Climate Politics
FEMA to Offer $1 Billion Through Embattled Disaster Mitigation Fund
The move comes after a judge ordered the agency to restore the program, which it had cancelled last year.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Response Coordination Center in Washington.
Photographer: Valerie Plesch/BloombergThe Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant program it had previously canceled and criticized as being wasteful.
The move was prompted by an order from a US district court earlier this month, which had mandated in December that the Trump administration restore the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.