Jon Meltzer News Today

Federal offices, bases, and campuses that could get swamped every time a hurricane spins up or a monster wave crashes over a barrier would together cost more than the annual gross domestic product of Hong Kong, Greece, or Finland, a Bloomberg Government analysis found. Government agencies are “avoiding the hard decisions,” says one former White House climate advisor.

Funding cuts and staffing shortages at the Maryland Department of the Environment over the past decade have coincided with a decline in the state’s ecological health.