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Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed

Citing laws more commonly used against organized crime, the lawsuit argued that fossil fuel companies were responsible for devastating hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.

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Damage from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017.
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Watchdog Warns Trump’s Cuts at FEMA Pose a ‘Major Challenge’

The country lacks the ability to address multiple disasters happening at once, the Government Accountability Office said.

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

Workers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in October looking through the wreckage after Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C.
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