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Surprising Advice On What To Do During Natural Disasters

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - It is better to send text messages than to call when natural disasters strike and networks get congested, a senior U....

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Settlement Reached In FEMA Trailers Lawsuit

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 05.29.2012

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A class-action settlement agreement has been reached to resolve nearly all the remaining court claims over allegations that govern...

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Nuclear Power Regulators Scale Back Emergency Readiness Efforts

AP | JEFF DONN | Posted 05.16.2012

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Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, req...

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When Government Competes With Aid Organizations In Relief Efforts

Paul Clolery | Posted 04.27.2012

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Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) has introduced S. 2202, the Preparedness and Resilience Foundation Act. The bottom line is that tax dollars apparently are not enough and the federal government wants to be able to fundraise outside the scope of its actual authority.

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Texas Tornadoes: Climate Change - and Climate Deniers - in the Lone Star State

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Storms, Mitt Romney, Fema, Tornadoes, Michael Mccaul, Climate Change, Noaa, Natural Disasters, Texas Tornado, Texas Tornadoes, Weather, Dallas Tornadoes, Lexington Texas, Texas, Extreme Weather, Texas Tornadoes 2012, Dallas, Dallas Tornado, Politics News

This week two seemingly unrelated but very connected events took place: freak tornadoes struck the Dallas area yesterday with unexpected ferocity and the hard-hit area's Member of Congress bragged about cutting funds for... predicting storms and reducing their impact.

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FEMA Again Denies Disaster Funding To Tornado-Ravaged Town

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

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CHICAGO - The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied for a second time Illinois' request for disaster aid to recover from violent storms last mo...

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Governor In Tornado-Ravaged State Asks FEMA To Reconsider Funding

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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By Andrew Stern CHICAGO, March 16 (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday appealed a federal decision to reject disaster aid th...

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Commemorating AmeriCorps Week: Expanding Opportunity Through Service

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Community Service, Fema, AmeriCorps Week, Americorps, Service Corps, Volunteerism, Service, Politics News

Last year, AmeriCorps received a record of more than 580,000 applications for just 80,000 positions. More than half a million people applied to join the program, not for financial gain, but because they were driven to make real community impact.

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FEMA Denies Disaster Funding To Demolished Town After Storm Killed 7

Posted 03.12.2012

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Illinois lawmakers spoke out this weekend after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied disaster funding to an Illinois town that was de...

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For Victims Of Natural Disasters, IRS Offers Break

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Kentucky Tornado, Natural Disasters, Fema, Disaster Relief, Irs, Reuters, Kentucky, Tornadoes, Tax Breaks, Irs Tax Breaks, Money News

(The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are her own.) By Amy Feldman NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - The recent string...

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'Green News Report' - March 6, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Arctic Ice Melt, Agriculture, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Climate Scientists, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Tornadoes, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Fema, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Arctic, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Food, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Iowa, Venezuela, Chevy Volt, William Nordhaus, Economy, Factory Farms, Iran, Aipac, Newt Gingrich, Solar Power, Greg Palast, Mercury, Uranium, Ocean Acidification, National Parks, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Iran war ...

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'Green News Report' - March 1, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Canada, Climate Scientists, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Republicans, Agriculture, Arctic Ice Melt, Michael Mann, Coal, Chicago, Tornadoes, Fema, Royal Dutch Shell, Midwest Generation, Utilities, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Arctic, Dirty Coal, Koch Brothers, Keystone XL Pipeline, Food, Extreme Weather, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: March roa...

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FEMA Takes Part Of Ike Victim's Social Security To Collect Debt

www.chron.com | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Debt, Fema, Social Security, Insurance, Hurricane Ike, Port Bolivar, Hurricane Ike Texas, Roy Mooney, Hurricane Ike Victim, Huff/Post50 News

PORT BOLIVAR - Roy Mooney was surprised to learn early last year that the federal government was deducting $180 each month from his $1,200 Social Secu...

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Hurricane Katrina Victims Fight To Keep FEMA Aid Money

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Video, Fema, Hurricane Katrina Victims, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina Victims Debt, David Bellinger, Rachel Racusen, Impact News

NEW ORLEANS — When the Federal Emergency Management Agency mailed out 83,000 debt notices this year to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other 20...

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Americans Are Greater Together

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Teddy Roosevelt, President Obama, Ron Paul, Filibuster, Democrat, Occupy Wall Street, Fema, Civil War, Newt Gingrich, Republican, Paul Wellstone, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Epa, Osawatomie, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Orrin Hatch, Rick Perry, Environmental Protection Agency, Politics News

"We all do better when we all do better." Republicans don't ascribe to that. They want to set up a country where every person is responsible for every aspect of daily life, from ensuring drinking water is safe to reducing workplace hazards.

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President Obama OK's Quake Disaster Declaration For D.C.

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Fema, Video, Vincent Gray, East Coast Earthquake, Bob Mcdonnell, Barack Obama, Vince Gray, Robert Mcdonnell, DC Earthquake, DC News

WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Tuesday approved a disaster declaration for the District of Columbia from August's 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Accor...

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The Only Major Counterweight to Economic or Political Power Is People Power

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Referendum, President, Hugo Chavez, Mayor Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, Michael Bloomberg, Fema, Education, Cathie Black, New York City, Barack Obama, Politics News, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Bloomberg, #Occupywallstreet, Chancellor Joel Klein, New York News

In a democracy, it is the people who need to have the power, not just the rich and powerful. Let us hope that Americans learn that their rights are very tenuous and need to be protected, rather than simply taken for granted.

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No Federal Help For Virginia Town After 3 Disasters

AP | By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Virginia, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Fema, Video, Disaster, Hurricane Irene, Earthquake, Louisa County, Tornado, DC Earthquake, DC News

LOUISA, Va. -- Residents of this rural community just outside Richmond know they may be lucky, seeing as how no one died in the earthquake, hurricane ...

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The 99%: "We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For"

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Jobs Bill, Fema, Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Recovery Act, President Obama, Hopi Elders, Congress' Approval Rating, Tarp, Taxing the Rich, Politics News

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."- thus said candidate Barack Obama who used it for a Presidential campaign speech in February 2008. Althou...

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House Bill Would Authorize Czar To Watch Islamist Extremists But Not Other Domestic Terrorists

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.10.2011

WASHINGTON -- A House bill set for markup on Wednesday would give protection against civil lawsuits to those who report suspicious activity, designate...

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North Dakota Flood Victims Start Moving Into Temporary Homes

AP | By JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 12.04.2011

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MINOT, N.D. -- With winter coming quickly in North Dakota, federal officials are racing to finish up to 2,400 temporary homes for Minot residents disp...

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Government Shutdown Averted -- Again (For Now)

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON — The House passed a spending bill Tuesday to fund the government for six weeks, delaying a series of battles over spending and polic...

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House Poised To Pass Government Funding Bill, Avert Shutdown

Posted 12.04.2011

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By ANDREW TAYLOR, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The House has passed a short-term spending bill that keeps the government running for six weeks an...

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Friday Talking Points -- What I'd Call "Class Warfare"

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Social Security, Gop, Reality Television, Blue Dog, Tea Party, President Obama, Ron Paul, Occupy Wall Street, Obama, Campaign, Friday Talking Points, Sarah Palin, 2012, Republican, Unemployment, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Rick Perry, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Mainstream, Union Busting, Chris Christie, Voter Suppression, House, Primary, Millionaires, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Fema, Medicaid, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Barack Obama, Reality TV, Blanche Lincoln, Disaster Relief, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mddotw, Tax, Chris Weigant, So You Think You Can President, Herman Cain, Fox News, Medicare, Jeffrey Feldman, Class Warfare, Senate, Candidatemania, Politics News

Welcome back, everyone, to this week's edition of So You Think You Can President?!? Just to remind everyone, this year we've got the Republican field of candidates for the party's nomination.

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'Green News Report' - September 29, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Wangari Maathai, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Belt Movement, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Rick Perry, Radiation, Engineering, Tar Sands, Oil Spill, Mountaintop Removal, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Africa, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Fema, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Energy Efficiency, Dept of Energy, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Japan, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solar Decathlon, Gibson Guitars, Radioactivity, Lobbying, Pakistan, Texas, Peak Coal, Cafo, Bpa, Logging, Santa Fe, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Climate c...

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