FEMA’s New Climate-Disaster Program Draws Criticism From States, NRDC

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) new Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program, a multi-billion-dollar program that the Biden administration has touted as a new way to prevent climate-related disasters, is drawing criticism from states and environmentalists who say it is too complicated and does not provide enough funds to states. BRIC has an “exceedingly complex application process, a significant bias toward large infrastructure projects, a lack of transparency in the selection process, and proportionally less money available...