Tell Congress: Don’t Sabotage FEMA During Climate Crisis

Communities across America are being slammed by stronger hurricanes, catastrophic floods, raging wildfires, and deadly heat waves — yet Donald Trump’s FEMA Review Council is pushing recommendations that could weaken the nation’s disaster response system at the worst possible moment.

Instead of confronting the growing threat of climate-fueled disasters, the Council’s report reportedly mentions “climate” just once in 74 pages. That’s not serious leadership. That’s climate denial.

Even worse, Trump’s FEMA Review Council wants to weaken FEMA’s federal role and shift more responsibility onto states and local communities already stretched beyond their limits. Disaster experts warn these proposals could slow emergency response, deepen inequality, and leave vulnerable communities stranded when the next catastrophe hits.

The reality is that FEMA exists because today’s disasters are too massive and too expensive for states and towns to face alone.

When families lose everything in floods.
When wildfires destroy entire communities.
When hurricanes wipe out homes, hospitals, roads, and power grids.

Americans need a strong FEMA — not Trump appointees trying to dismantle it while pretending climate change isn’t making disasters worse.

Weakening FEMA in the middle of escalating climate disasters is reckless and dangerous.

Instead of gutting disaster response, Congress should reject the Review Council’s recommendations and  strengthen FEMA by investing in:

● More emergency funding

● Faster disaster relief

● Stronger climate resilience

●Better flood and wildfire protections
More support for frontline and low-income communities

Climate change is supercharging disasters across the country. Ignoring that reality won’t protect anyone.

Congress must refuse the dangerous recommendations put forward by the FEMA Review Council and oppose any effort to weaken FEMA’s ability to help communities survive and recover from climate disasters.

Our communities deserve a disaster response system built for the realities of the climate crisis — not one sabotaged by politics and climate denial.

Please sign the petition to demand Congress oppose and reject the dangerous changes proposed by the FEMA Review Council and protect FEMA’s ability to respond to climate-fueled disasters.

The petition to Congress reads: Congress should reject the dangerous recommendations proposed by Donald Trump’s FEMA Review Council and oppose any effort to weaken FEMA’s disaster response capabilities. As climate-fueled hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and extreme weather events worsen, Congress must strengthen FEMA, invest in climate resilience, and ensure communities across America receive the emergency support they need to survive and recover.
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Source:

https://earth.org/report-calling-for-overhaul-of-us-disaster-response-agency-only-mentions-climate-once/