While officials throughout the U.S. Department of Homeland Security scramble to deal with a torrent of extreme climate disasters, the Tea Party-controlled House of Representatives has voted to cripple their response. In a nearly party-line vote of 242 to 180 on Thursday, the House adopted an amendment by Rep. John Carter (R-TX) to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from participating in the Obama administration’s Interagency Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation. Carter justified his amendment by saying DHS - which includes the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - should focus on the Mexican border instead of ‘duplicating the work
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
As Floods And Fires Mount, House Forbids FEMA, Coast Guard From Preparing For Climate Disasters
Author: BRAD JOHNSON
Source: Think Progress Green
Publication Date: Jun 6, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Link: As Floods And Fires Mount, House Forbids FEMA, Coast Guard From Preparing For Climate Disasters
Source: Think Progress Green
Publication Date: Jun 6, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Link: As Floods And Fires Mount, House Forbids FEMA, Coast Guard From Preparing For Climate Disasters
Stephan: You know as I prepare each day's SR, I read story after story like this. It is like watching a good friend commit suicide.
