Podcast: FEMA at a Crossroads: What’s Breaking, What’s Working, and What Comes Next with NRDC

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Podcast: FEMA at a Crossroads: What’s Breaking, What’s Working, and What Comes Next with NRDC

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In episode 242 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons checks in on FEMA at a moment of rapid change. With funding delays, political uncertainty, and major reforms underway, FEMA’s role in national resilience is shifting in real time. Doug speaks with four guests—Joel Scata (NRDC), Michael Coen (former FEMA Chief of Staff), Samantha Medlock (former FEMA Assistant Administrator), and Derrick Hiebert (AECOM)—to unpack what’s happening inside the agency, where communities are feeling the impacts, and what potential improvements could emerge from this period of transition. It’s a candid, timely look at the future of FEMA and the evolving landscape of climate adaptation in the United States.

 

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