Articles by

Molly Taft

FEMA Is Ending Door-to-Door Canvassing in Disaster Areas

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making significant changes to how it will respond to disasters on...

Trump’s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies

Last week, the US Department of the Interior announced that it would speed up the approval process...

States and Startups Are Suing the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

American nuclear is in 25-year-old Isaiah Taylor’s blood: his great-grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project. In 2023,...

FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

Less than two months before the official start of hurricane season, the nation’s primary disaster-response agency faces...

DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

AmeriCorps, the US federal agency that oversees volunteerism and service work, abruptly pulled teams of young people...

Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce the signing of executive orders intended...

States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Industry Is Fighting Back

In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of...

Hurricane Helene Shows How Broken the US Insurance System Is

On Tuesday morning, five days after Hurricane Helene ripped through Boone, North Carolina, David Marlett was on...