Why fewer funds for FEMA means slower disaster recoveries
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🗓️ 27 September 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
President Biden just signed a bill to fund the government for the next three months, but extra money for the federal government’s disaster management agency, FEMA, was not in the legislation. A look at why the agency was asking for more funds and how fewer resources can impact communities recovering from disasters. The labor dispute between some of the largest U.S. ports and dockworkers escalated Friday, with employers calling for federal intervention to force a restart in negotiations. And, Southwest Airlines announced that it will scrap one of the features that set it apart in a crowded airline market: no pre-assigned seating.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm Kai Rizdahl the host of How We Survive |
| 0:03.4 | It's a podcast from Marketplace. In 1986, before I was a journalist, I was flying for the Navy. |
| 0:09.6 | Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. |
| 0:14.4 | It was the cold war and my first deployments were intercepting Russian bombers. |
| 0:18.6 | Today though, there's another threat out there, climate change. |
| 0:22.6 | This could be the warmest year on record. |
| 0:24.6 | Climate change is here. |
| 0:25.7 | Temperatures here are warming faster than anywhere on Earth. |
| 0:29.5 | And while the threat seems new, the Pentagon's been funding studies on climate change since the 1950s. |
| 0:35.9 | I think we will put our troops and our forces at higher risk if we don't recognize the impact of climate change. |
| 0:44.7 | This season, we go to the front lines of the climate crisis |
| 0:47.5 | to see how the military is preparing for the threat. |
| 0:51.0 | Listen to how we survive, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:56.6 | A strike at major ports inches closer. |
| 1:00.6 | From marketplace, I'm Sabrie Benashore, and for David Brancaccio. |
| 1:03.6 | East and Gulf Coast ports are asking the federal government to force the union representing |
| 1:08.7 | their workers back to the negotiating table. |
| 1:11.5 | The International Longshoremen's Association is threatening to go on strike next |
| 1:15.1 | Tuesday and the US Maritime Alliance says the Union is not bargaining in good faith and hasn't negotiated |
| 1:21.0 | in months. |
| 1:22.0 | Marketplaces Nova Safo is here with more, hi Nova. |
| 1:24.7 | Good morning. |
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