The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.
FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.
Route 22 in North Plainfield, N.J., on Tuesday, after rains inundated the region. New Jersey is one of 20 states suing the federal government for ending a disaster mitigation program.
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