Sentences with phrase «federal response»

And the evidence suggests that voters are more open to carbon taxation than the present Republican position that climate change is no big deal and requires little federal response.

For example, his work at the World Trade Center Disaster after 9/11 led him to examine the role of medical teams deployed under the U.S. Federal Response Plan as well as triage practices at the scene.

We were particularly interested in learning how the 1978 advent of FEMA — the agency that coordinates federal response to natural disasters — may have influenced the likelihood that people will migrate away following a disaster event.

The slow federal response, and President Trump's overall dismissiveness of the disaster, shed new light on the problem of having no real representation in Washington.

Now the buzz: What captivates me is George W. Bush's swift decisionmaking to re-nominate Roberts as chief justice — within 36 hours of the announcement of Rehnquist's death and amidst well - blogged national uproar over the widely criticized federal response to the tragedy in New Orleans.

The federal auditors found that the federal government has not undertaken strategic government - wide planning to manage climate risks by using information on the potential economic effects of climate change to identify significant risks and craft appropriate federal responses.

This review examines the U.S. federal response to the crisis in child mental health in relation to its efforts to address the crisis in public education.

He also said federal response to Puerto Rico has been less than was done in Texas and Florida after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

As Commerce Secretary to President Warren G. Harding, Hoover also recommended a massive federal response to the post-World War I depression.

«There's no reason to doubt the governor's estimate of end - October, and there's no room for error in the necessary federal response.»

A brief closing section, titled «The Case for National Action,» showed that he hoped for vigorous federal responses.

By presenting side - by - side federal responses to these two seemingly unrelated crises, this review highlights the co-occurring nature of the problems.

The Strategic Plan purports to do this by facilitating meaningful engagements between scientists and decision - makers, providing decision - makers with access to relevant and accurate science, guiding and coordinating Federal efforts through the USGCRP, and informing federal responses to climate change.

EPA is the lead federal response agency for oil spills occurring in inland waters.

Also, Palestine becomes member of UNESCO, and a White House order to speed federal response to drug shortages.

Performing cleanups as needed to protect public health under the national contingency plan (the federal law that regulates federal response to disasters).

He said a storm the size of Harvey is unprecedented, and because of that it «deserves and requires federal response.»

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- Governor Andrew Cuomo has criticized the slow federal response to devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

The federal auditors found that the federal government has not undertaken strategic government - wide planning to manage climate risks by using information on the potential economic effects of climate change to identify significant risks and craft appropriate federal responses.

I'm making plans to visit Parkland, to meet with families and local officials and to continue coordinating the federal response.

President Donald Trump remains pleased with the federal response to Puerto Rico: After he met with the island's governor on Thursday, he told reporters that he rated the federal response to the island's hurricane disaster a «10,» according to Hunter Walker of Yahoo News.

Asked for his evaluation of the federal response, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló wasn't as generous.

Trump met with his Cabinet and other senior administration officials to discuss the federal response to the damage and flooding, the White House said Saturday in a statement.

And in crisis — notably during Puerto Rico's 2017 bankruptcy, and the federal response to the devastation of the island by Hurricane Maria — the inequality of Puerto Rico is often exposed, and questions are asked again about the Jones Act.

The federal response is barely perceptible.

As of Wednesday, half of Puerto Ricans had access to drinking water and 5 percent of the island had electricity, according to statistics on FEMA's Web page documenting the federal response to Maria.

The reason there's been no Federal Response...

The mayor of Puerto Rico's largest city on Friday blasted the federal response to Hurricane Maria, accusing FEMA of not being prepared for the devastation that the powerful storm would unleash on the island.

The man responsible for coordinating the federal response to the damage done by Hurricane Harvey, William «Brock» Long, has only been on the job for two months, though he's no stranger to FEMA.

The island was hurt twice — once by the storm, and then again by a federal response that has failed to deliver adequate resources,» said Stringer.

On Wednesday, Cuomo tempered some of that criticism as the federal response has kicked in over the last several days.

At the same time, Cuomo lightly criticized the federal response, saying he understood the federal emergency officials remain on the scene of multiple weather disasters across the country.

Trump did travel to Puerto Rico to praise the recovery effort, but he has also been locked in a feud with the mayor of San Juan, who has been critical of the federal response.

The federal response, especially the effort needed to restore the island's power grid, has been woefully inadequate.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo visited last week, he was critical of the federal response to the crisis, calling the situation deplorable and «wholly, wholly unacceptable.»

«If it wasn't for the federal response plan, I think it would have been more prudent to operate under a continuing resolution.»

«Our federal response stands in contrast to the disappointing refusal by the New York Legislature — despite Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin's strong and continued advocacy — to conduct oversight on this matter.»

Cuomo also praised the federal response, saying he spoke with President Obama on Sunday about a pre-emptive disaster declaration.

As of Wednesday, half of Puerto Ricans had access to drinking water and 5 percent of the island had electricity, according to statistics published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on its Web page documenting the federal response to Hurricane Maria.

Update: As of Friday afternoon, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is once again reporting two key statistics — the percentage of Puerto Ricans who have access to drinking water and the percentage of the island that has power — on its webpage tracking the federal response to Hurricane Maria.

QUEENS — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been highly critical of the federal response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, which ravaged the U.S. territory months ago.

Speaking at the 9th Annual Puerto Rico Summit in Orlando Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ripped the federal response to Puerto Rico's devastation by hurricanes last fall.

Cuomo also criticized the slow federal response to devastation in Puerto Rico, saying the U.S. could have done much more, much sooner.

Republican candidate for attorney general John Cahill trained his criticism on the federal response.