Imelda, Florence, Harvey: Bigger Rains and Bigger Floods
Current federal flood policies are perpetuating an unsustainable “flood, rebuild, repeat” approach to managing the nation’s flood risks. Absent reform, th...
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House NDAA Would Help Dept. of Defense to Be Climate Ready
On July 10, the House approved two amendments to the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would help the Department of Defense (DoD) prepare a...
Financial Services Committee Passes Flood Insurance Reform
Today, the House Committee on Financial Services passed a bill with wide bipartisan support to move the NFIP towards meeting the challenge of better protecting ...
Congress Extends Flood Insurance Program for Eleventh Time
For the eleventh time since September 2017, Congress has extended the deeply in-debt National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) without reform. In the interim, fiv...
Changing the Flood Insurance Program for a Changing Climate
The NFIP, given its influence over floodplain development, is inextricably linked to the nation’s ability to confront its growing flood risk. However, the NFI...
Missing from the Senate Disaster Aid Package: Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria—according to official estimates by Puerto Rico—claimed nearly 3,000 lives, precipitating housing and health crises, and exposing key vulnera...