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“FEMA should keep funded programs running that help states and local governments prepare for and respond to extreme weather, and should not change Congress-required programs in ways that make extreme weather resources harder to get.”
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“Federal disaster policy should help communities reduce future damage before the next flood, fire, storm, or other disaster.”
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“The federal government should create dedicated funding programs to help communities prepare for and withstand climate change impacts like flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.”
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“Treasury, EPA, and other federal agencies should create the criteria for deciding which projects receive climate fund money and best advance the fund's climate, disaster, infrastructure, public health, and environmental justice goals.”
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“Congress should fund the federal flood insurance program and direct more of that money toward flood maps, floodplain work, and risk reduction.”
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“FEMA should fund flood maps and flood risk studies, and should handle some pre-disaster mitigation decisions under changed directions that make some actions mandatory and shorten some planning timelines.”
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“Fossil fuel producers and oil refiners responsible for more than 1 billion metric tons of covered carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 through 2023 should pay a one-time federal tax, with each company's share based on its emissions above that cutoff.”
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“Covered fossil fuel companies should have to start paying by September 30, 2026, be able to spread payments over nine years, owe the rest sooner after missed payments or major asset sales, and be unable to deduct the tax as a normal business expense.”
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“The climate fund should provide at least $15 billion each year for FEMA climate disaster and resilience programs, including at least $3 billion for BRIC infrastructure grants, and at least $6 billion each year for EPA clean air and climate grants and technical help.”
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“FEMA should immediately restart the BRIC and Flood Mitigation Assistance programs and move forward with projects under those programs that already have funding.”
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“Workers on federally funded climate infrastructure projects should be guaranteed pay at least equal to the locally prevailing wage for their trade.”
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“Paying the federal emissions tax should not shield fossil fuel companies from other climate-related lawsuits, and climate fund payments to communities should not reduce separate damages a court may award.”
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“Fossil fuel companies under common control should be counted together for the emissions tax, and each company in the combined group could be held responsible for the full amount the group owes.”
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