House Science Panel Eyes Climate Adaptation For Infrastructure Package

House science committee members are being urged to overhaul the nation’s climate change adaptation programs, including flood insurance, as the committee’s leaders contemplate their role in the upcoming infrastructure legislation debate. At a March 12 hearing on climate impacts, witnesses told the House Science, Space and Technology Committee that infrastructure legislation, which is a priority for Democrats following enactment of the COVID-relief package, is a “nexus” for addressing both climate mitigation and adaptation. The current U.S. system for “for dealing...