Jenny Staletovich
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Covering the environment in Florida for WLRN Public Radio. Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post alum.
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Column | Why you should go fishing, even if you think youād be terrible at it
I tangled my line, caught rocks and cast so haphazardly that fish miles away must have heard me. But thereās a reason itās called fishing, not catching.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/10/fly-fishing-conservation-climate-change/
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Senate Confirms āSharpiegateā Meteorologist to Lead NOAA
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Senate Confirms āSharpiegateā Meteorologist to Lead NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/us/politics/senate-neil-jacobs-noaa.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
5 days ago
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āWhen did we become the enemy?ā
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āWeāre just beatenā: For beleaguered federal workers, shutdown is last straw
Staffers are working without pay or on furlough ā all after months of job cuts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/04/government-shutdown-federal-workers/
9 days ago
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āTrump officials on Wednesday instructed employees at the Interior Department to take home their government devices to receive any information on mass firingsā¦ā White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
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White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/white-house-shutdown-punishment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
11 days ago
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11 days ago
National parks, refuges and the Big Cypress Preserve furloughed staff and began cutting services after the U.S. government shutdown at midnight Wednesday. (via
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Government shutdown hits short-staffed national parks and refuges in South Florida
National parks, refuges and the Big Cypress Preserve furloughed staff and began cutting services after the U.S. government shutdown at midnight Wednesday.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-10-01/government-shutdown-closures-florida-parks
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Want to know what NOAA does in South Florida? There's a map for that
As budget cuts loom for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Defense Fund create a new map providing the location and explanation of work done by hundreds of NOAA off...
https://www.wlrn.org/apple-news/2025-09-25/noaa-cuts-map-offices
18 days ago
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White House Eyes New Round of Mass Layoffs if Government Shuts Down
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
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White House Eyes New Round of Mass Layoffs if Government Shuts Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/us/politics/trump-shutdown-layoffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
18 days ago
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ICYMI:
@miamidadecounty.bsky.social
budget hearing starts today at 5.
add a skeleton here at some point
24 days ago
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Biscayne Nature Center rallying supporters ahead of this eveningās
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budget hearing:
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add a skeleton here at some point
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Miami-Dade poised to strip environmental watchdog of permitting authority
A proposal included in the county's $12.9 billion budget would strip the Division of Environmental Resources Management of its permitting authority even as it re-establishes DERM as an independent dep...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-09-17/derm-permits-miami-dade-budget
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Nonprofit started by Marjory Stoneman Douglas vows to fight county eviction from nature center
A nonprofit started by the Everglades champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas three decades ago to build and run the Biscayne Nature Center in Key Biscayne says it has no plans to leave, after Miami-Dade Co...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-09-16/biscayne-nature-center-county-eviction
26 days ago
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"Suing to block another party from suing is an extraordinary move." Inside Trumpās Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
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Inside Trumpās Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/climate/lawsuits-superfund-trump-justice-climate.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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Miami fox spotted on the way to workā¦
about 1 month ago
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Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trumpās Attacks on Science
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Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trumpās Attacks on Science
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/science/trump-science-autocrats.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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20 Years After Katrina, a Film Series Reclaims New Orleans
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20 Years After Katrina, a Film Series Reclaims New Orleans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/movies/moma-hurricane-series-katrina-20th-anniversary.html?smid=bs-share
about 2 months ago
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Judge Orders That āAlligator Alcatrazā Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now
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Judge Orders That āAlligator Alcatrazā Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/alligator-alcatraz-florida-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
The lawsuit alleges the Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow-up on a promise to update 1990s-era pollution standards in the state. (via
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Environmentalists sue EPA chief in Florida federal court over clean water
The lawsuit alleges the Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow-up on a promise to update 1990s-era pollution standards in the state.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-08-19/epa-lawsuit-florida-clean-water
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about 2 months ago
Years of conservation efforts are paying off for sand tiger sharks in the Boston Harbor : NPR
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Years of conservation efforts are paying off for sand tiger sharks in the Boston Harbor
Scientists say that the water in Boston Harbor is getting cleaner, leading to an increase in the number of sand tiger sharks using the area as a nursery habitat.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/17/nx-s1-5487625/years-of-conservation-efforts-are-paying-off-for-sand-tiger-sharks-in-the-boston-harbor
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A dramatic spike in South Florida ocean temps has scientists keeping a close watch on reefs & coral nurseries. Another was placed on a Level 1 alert after I filed this story.
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Coral scientists wary amid steamy summer temperatures
A sharp rise in ocean temperatures this month has scientists keeping a close watch on coral reefs suffering from water persistently warmed by climate change.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-08-19/coral-scientists-wary-amid-steamy-summer-temperatures
about 2 months ago
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Everglades scientist surrenders to serve jail sentence over 'trade secrets'
Tom Van Lent was handcuffed in a Miami courtroom and taken to jail to begin serving a 10-day jail sentence in a case that divided the normally tightknit Florida environmental community. It caps a thre...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-07-18/van-lent-everglades-scientists-jail
3 months ago
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Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers
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Opinion | Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/opinion/democrats-farmers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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ICYMI, this weeksās
@wlrn.bsky.social
ās Field Notes newsletter: the horror of the floods and lights from Alligator Alcatraz appear as a new blob of light pollution in NASA satellite imagery:
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The worsening toll of weather catastrophes
Plus, bright lights, big city at Alligator Alcatraz.
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/the-worsening-toll-of-weather-catastrophes?e=e2b5e348b8
3 months ago
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What a night to be at Fenway!
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3 months ago
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"Double wow." Maya Rulerās Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
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Maya Rulerās Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/americas/maya-tomb-caracol-belize.html?smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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āWe're gonna probably have this tax on the sawfish population indefinitely. We're now introducing a new component of natural mortality,ā said Ross Boucek, a marine biologist with the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. āThe question is how do we recoup that tax?ā
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'The new normal?' What the die-off mystery in the Keys means for endangered sawfish
Nearly two years after an unprecedented die-off of endangered smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys, scientists are still investigating conditions that caused the deaths and how to better predict and...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-07-09/lower-keys-sawfish-deaths-heatwave
3 months ago
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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html?smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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ICYMI: This week's
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Field Notes: NOAA budget plan cuts funding for climate research and shutters labs that investigate weather and hurricanes.
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NOAA wants to end climate research
Plus, a āmehā year for the environment in Tallahassee
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/noaa-wants-to-end-climate-research?e=78ba14825d
3 months ago
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DOGE loses control over government grants website, freeing up billions
The DOGE teamās loss of control is the latest sign of its declining influence following Elon Muskās departure from Washington.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/27/doge-loses-control-federal-grants/
4 months ago
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Field Notes. Turns out there's also lots of endangered panthers surrounding Alligator Alcatraz.
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Alligator Alcatrazā in the River of Grass
Plus, āroadless ruleā dropped for national forests
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/alligator-alcatraz-in-the-river-of-grass?e=78ba14825d
4 months ago
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Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescopeās First Images
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Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescopeās First Images
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/science/vera-rubin-scientists-reveal-telescopes-first-images.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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Earthās Largest Camera Takes 3Ā Billion-Pixel Images of the Night Sky
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Earthās Largest Camera Takes 3Ā Billion-Pixel Images of the Night Sky
At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/19/science/rubin-observatory-camera.html?rsrc=flt&smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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Jeff Berardelli
4 months ago
Over the past decade the Gulf has seen a huge spike in heat, and likely coincidently (or maybe not) a huge spike in Major Hurricane landfalls. Today is
#ShowYourStripes
day! Thanks Ed Hawkins for the telling visual. Get yours:
ShowYourStripes.info
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Florida Approves Plan to Help Billionaires Export Their Sewage
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Florida Approves Plan to Help Billionaires Export Their Sewage
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/indian-creek-sewage-desantis.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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The Washington Post
4 months ago
Summer officially begins Friday, June 20, at 10:41 p.m. Eastern time. Thatās the precise moment of the summer solstice ā making for the longest, brightest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Hereās what to know:
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What to know about the summer solstice, the longest, brightest day of the year
The days are about to start getting shorter again, but donāt worry ā thereās plenty summer left.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/06/19/summer-solstice-june-northern-hemisphere/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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NPR
4 months ago
The king of dancehall powers through a decades-spanning set of club classics behind the Tiny Desk.
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Beenie Man: Tiny Desk Concert
The king of dancehall powers through a decades-spanning set of club classics behind the Tiny Desk.
https://n.pr/3ZCXdlc
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Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds
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Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/climate/plastic-bag-bans-litter.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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How to Avoid Even the Unintended Results of Your Ecological Mistakes
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How to Avoid Even the Unintended Results of Your Ecological Mistakes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/realestate/gardens-plants-wildlife.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
4 months ago
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First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages
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First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/klamath-river-kayak-indigenous-tribes.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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Column | See where your flights will experience this climate-fueled turbulence
Studies show that climate-driven turbulence is expected to increase further in the coming decades. See how major flight routes in the U.S. could be affected
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/see-where-your-flights-will-experience-this-climate-fueled-turbulence/
4 months ago
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A Billionaire Island Where Bezos and Kushner Live Is Fighting Over Sewage
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A Billionaire Island Where Bezos and Kushner Live Is Fighting Over Sewage
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/indian-creek-surfside-billionaire-sewage.html?smid=bs-share
4 months ago
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NPR
4 months ago
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
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A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
https://n.pr/3Hg9UvF
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Hurricane season officially starts today with local weather offices that provide critical warnings as storms near understaffed.
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Amid job cuts, NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season
The Trump administration has slashed about 900 jobs at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/05/30/noaa-hurricane-season
4 months ago
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A longtime Everglades scientist has been ordered to turn himself in to serve a 10-day jail sentence in Miamiā¦
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Everglades scientist ordered to surrender to serve jail term
On Thursday, a judge ordered longtime Everglades scientist Tom Van Lent to surrender in a case that shocked the normally tight-knit Everglades community.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-05-29/everglades-scientist-jail-tom-van-lent-foundation
5 months ago
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ICYMI, this weekās @wlrn enviro newsletter:
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šØ Weather alert: staffing at critical lows
Plus, bears beware
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/weather-alert-staffing-at-critical-lows?e=78ba14825d
5 months ago
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How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut overnight staff
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How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut overnight staff
The Jackson, Kentucky, office is one of a growing number of forecast offices unable to cover an overnight shift since the Trump administration cut staffing levels through buyouts and firings.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/05/17/tornadoes-understaffed-jackson-kentucky-weather-office/
5 months ago
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In this weekās @wlrn Field Notes enviro newsletter: an internal review finds FEMA unprepared for hurricane season. Plus, a shady land deal for the Florida Wildlife Corridor.
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Shrinking FEMA ahead of hurricane season
Plus, a shady land swap
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/shrinking-fema-ahead-of-hurricane-season?e=e2b5e348b8
5 months ago
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The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/11/trump-government-operations-halt-funding-cuts/
5 months ago
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
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Mexico Sued Google Over Gulf of Mexico Name Change, President Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/gulf-of-mexico-suit-google.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 months ago
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The Trump Era Has Found Its Great Satirist. Itās Not Who Anyone Expected.
After a shocking tragedy, the bard of Floridaās fever swamps has entered an extraordinary second act.
https://slate.com/culture/2025/05/carl-hiaasen-trump-florida-man-books-bad-monkey.html
5 months ago
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NPR
5 months ago
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
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Rural communities were promised millions in disaster funds. Trump is ending it
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5359452/trump-disaster-funding-cuts-fema-bric
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