Tag: flooding
Theodoric Meyer: As Need for New Flood Maps Rises, Congress and Obama Cut Funding
May 2013Congress has cut funding for updating flood maps by more than half since 2010, from $221 million down to $100 million this year.
Steve Fraser: Making Disaster Pay
April 2013From the San Francisco earthquake to superstorm Sandy, how capitalism stacks the deck on disaster.
Robert Lewis & Al Shaw: After Sandy, Government Lends to Rebuild in Flood Zones
March 2013Government loans encourage the reconstruction of areas at risk of repeated flooding.
