Saving FEMA

FEMA Texas

            New Orleans        Trump knows he’s wrong.  Killing FEMA would be a human and political disaster.  Being asked by reporters whether he still believed ending FEMA was the right move, he clearly was hesitating and rethinking the issue. The terrible tragedy in central Texas due to the flooding of the Guadalupe River and to …

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And Then the Deluge

ACORN Climate Change FEMA Wade's World

            Marble Falls       Recently in workshops ACORN has done with the Anthropocene Alliance in New Orleans and Atlanta with more coming soon in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Port Arthur, Texas, we have used a campaign exercise for the small groups about flooding.  Many of the participants come from frontline groups that know …

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The Failure to Respond to Frontline Communities

FEMA

            Shepley               The Anthropocene Alliance is an interesting and increasingly important amalgamation of what a lot of observers now called frontline groups.  Many of these organizations came together to deal with environmental crises:  flooding, fires, hurricanes, tornados, and more.  We’re working closely with the organization and some of their groups over coming years as …

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