THOMAS FRANK

Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank

Tom Frank covers the federal response to climate change, focusing on disasters, disaster recovery and equity in federal programs. Before joining E&E News in 2019, he was a reporter at USA Today and at several local news outlets including Newsday and the Providence (R.I.) Journal. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012 for stories on abuse in government pensions. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. 

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People walk along the beach last year in Bonita Springs, Fla., looking at property damaged by Hurricane Ian. Climatewire
Hurricane Ian relief payments for individuals exceed $1B

By Thomas Frank | 02/21/2023 06:30 AM EST

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A resident uses a rowboat to navigate a flooded neighborhood on Feb. 22, 2018, in Lake Station, Ind. Climatewire
How Indiana’s flood map went from acclaimed to attacked

By Thomas Frank | 02/16/2023 06:40 AM EST

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Residents make their way to a boat to be evacuate from Pine Island, Florida. Climatewire
Census: Disasters displaced more than 3M Americans in 2022

By Thomas Frank | 02/06/2023 06:36 AM EST

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Hasanjit Mundi is shown in 2015 playing basketball behind a truck stop as emissions leave a large stack at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station in Newburg, Md. Climatewire
How the White House found EJ areas without using race

By Thomas Frank | 01/24/2023 06:28 AM EST

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Victoria Asberry is assisted with her wheelchair as residents of New Orleans evacuate ahead of Hurricane Gustav in 2008. Climatewire
Majority of disabled people never go home after disasters

By Thomas Frank | 01/06/2023 06:29 AM EST

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