Save Disaster Relief & Weather Services

Unnatural disasters are harming the people we care about and the places we call home. Extreme weather is accelerating in frequency and severity: We're seeing record-breaking temperatures, more dangerous flooding, and stronger storms.

And yet, the Trump administration wants to defund and eliminate essential programs, resources, and staffing that help us prepare, respond and recover from disasters: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) including the National Weather Service (NWS).

For nearly 50 years, FEMA has been on the front lines of major disasters. The agency helps to coordinate the recovery and rebuild our communities, ensuring emergency relief reaches those who need it most. Like FEMA, the NWS plays a critical role in keeping our communities safe by coordinating essential information between weather forecasters, emergency managers and the public.

As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, we should be investing in disaster preparedness and response, not dismantling it. And the majority of Americans agree -- 79 percent of US adults are more concerned about our government's ability to respond to climate disasters if FEMA and NOAA services are cut. (source)

But with enough public outcry, we can pressure the administration to stop axing critical weather prediction and disaster aid programs.

🚨 Will you take action now to demand Trump protect federal agencies, like FEMA, NOAA, and NWS, that help millions of Americans each year?

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I strongly oppose any cuts or elimination of funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Weather Service (NWS). These agencies are our first line of defense when it comes to hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and other extreme weather events. The science is clear that these unnatural disasters are becoming increasingly frequent and more severe due to climate change. Now is the time to invest in disaster preparedness and recovery -- not dismantle it. We are already seeing the devastating consequences of underfunding of these agencies: - States are being denied critical FEMA assistance that they are entitled to, and would have otherwise received just months ago. - Community-level disaster planning and emergency response programs are being frozen or defunded. - Emergency management experts have warned these cuts could leave our air “not breathable” and our water “not drinkable.” I stand with the 79 percent of U.S. adults who say that hearing about funding cuts for FEMA and NOAA makes us more concerned about our government's ability to protect people from climate impacts -- including majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans. Extreme weather is not a future threat -- it is happening now. We're facing unnatural disasters, supercharged by fossil fuel pollution and worsened by underinvestment in climate resilience. Instead of padding the pockets of corporate polluters, we urge you to protect us, the people you're meant to serve, by opposing all cuts to FEMA, NOAA, and the NWS.

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