The Trump administration has ended a policy requiring cities, counties and towns to account for climate change in order to receive federal money for disaster protection, according to a document reviewed by POLITICO’s E&E News.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in an advisory that it’s “removing requirements” for local governments to analyze climate impacts as part of their planning for hurricanes, floods and other disasters.
FEMA also waived requirements that local disaster plans help “underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations,” which generally have high rates of poverty, minority residents and environmental exposure.
The advisory was issued one day after President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to block the enforcement of state climate laws the administration says are unconstitutional, unenforceable or preempted by federal statute.
