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Japan’s nuclear debate weighs safety, economics – NPR Economic concerns have led Japanese government officials to restart nuclear reactors located in Ohi, despite protests from Japanese citizens that nuclear power plants are unsafe following the Fukushima radiation contamination last year. Prior to the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that led to meltdowns at the Fukushima […]
Actions Needed to Alleviate the Shortage of Air Tankers To Fight Forest Fires By Mingyang Sun, student, Fordham University School of Law While the Little Bear Fire in New Mexico is under control, other wildfires are still rampant. In Waldo Canyon, Colorado, the wildfire has destroyed 347 structures and a death was reported on June […]
Unlearned Lessons Exacerbate Little Bear Forest Fire By J. Brian Meskill, student, University of Connecticut School of Law The Little Bear Fire near Ruidoso, New Mexico continues to burn but is slowing and is now 60 percent contained. The fire, covering almost 40,000 acres, has caused at least 3 injuries, consumed 252 structures, and has […]
This Letter to The President and FEMA Leaders was emailed to the White House and FEMA on April 28, 2011. April 28, 2011  Dear Mr. President, Mr. Fugate, and Ms. Roth:  April has brought devastating tornados to at least half-a-dozen states from Oklahoma to New York. The most recent tornados in Alabama and […]
By Ben Smilowitz Executive Director, Disaster Accountability Project The Disaster Accountability Project exists because of the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina. On the storm’s fifth anniversary, we take some time to think about everyone affected by the devastating storm and its even more devastating aftermath. And we ask the same question we ask every day, […]
On Sunday, August 30, two LA County Firefighters were killed when their truck plunged 800 feet on Mount Gleason while attempting to rescue 55 inmates, three corrections officers, and other fire personnel from a fire-crew camp. The loss of two heroes in this tragic accident raises awareness of the state’s use of inmates to fight […]
Most members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee missed a key opportunity to use Craig Fugate’s confirmation hearing as the next FEMA Administrator to help Americans better understand how FEMA will improve under his leadership. On Wednesday, April 22, 2009, President Obama’s nominee to lead FEMA appeared before the Senate Committee led by […]
“The federal firefighting system is “imploding” in California, due to poor spending decisions and high job vacancy rates,” according to Casey Judd, of the Federal Wildland Fire Service Association, in an interview with The Herald, a Monterey County, California newspaper. As a result of the problems, “small fires have exploded into extended, multimillion-dollar conflagrations,” writes […]
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