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Efforts to make communities more resilient to climate change have taken on added urgency due to the increasing frequency and worsening destruction of natural disasters.
Katie Porter, D- California, issued the following news release:. "Whether it's earthquakes or wildfires, California families know how important it is that we are prepared against natural disasters," Congresswoman Porter said. Porter's Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act would establish a National Disaster Safety Board modeled after the National...
Cassidy reintroducing bill to create NTSB-like board for studying natural disasters U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is joining U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, in reintroducing bipartisan legislation that would create a permanent independent board to investigate the underlying causes of disaster-related fatalities and property damage nationwide and make policy recommendations to improve disaster resiliency. The bill, known as the Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act, died when it was first brought before Congress last October. But in light of recent flooding events, Cassidy, who recently vis...