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After the deadly Guadalupe River #flooding, some people in Texas are asking what could have been done differently. In the USA, politicians who are beholden to the fossil fuel industry dismiss accountability as “partisan games," but #climate #science experts say that now is the time to confront the fossil fuel industry's influence on policy-making & their undermining of #disaster #preparedness:
cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429

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"Noem’s insistence on approving expenses over $100,000 had also delayed FEMA’s deployment of search-and-rescue teams to Texas... Noem did not authorize the deployment of those teams until July 7, three days after the #flooding began...

Richardson [FEMA’s acting administrator] ... has no background in emergency management...

#Trump has talked of eliminating #FEMA"

nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate

From 2017: As Catastrophic #Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of #Pollution from #OilRefineries & #Superfund Sites

#DemocracyNow, August 28, 2017

"A catastrophic storm has hit Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and #petrochemical complex in the United States. The crisis began on Friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike the state in more than 50 years. Much of the damage has been caused by the massive rainfall, with parts of Texas already receiving 30 inches of rain. That could top 50 inches in the coming days. Entire highways in Houston are now underwater. The storm has caused five reported deaths, but the death toll is expected to rise. Thousands of people are still stranded in their homes, waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, the city of Dallas prepares to turn its convention center into a mega-shelter to host 5,000 evacuees. The National Weather Service released a statement on Sunday saying, 'This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.' We speak with Bryan Parras, an organizer for the #BeyondDirtyFuels campaign with the #SierraClub in Houston, Texas. He helped found the #EnvironmentalJustice group t.e.j.a.s."

Listen / watch: democracynow.org/2017/8/28/as_

Democracy Now! · As Catastrophic Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of Pollution from Oil Refineries & Superfund SitesBy Democracy Now!

From July 3: Federal resources for managing climate-augmented weather disasters are being wiped out. Meanwhile, state leaders stand by while denying the seriousness of climate change as a driver of these events—and the threat this poses to the state economy. texasobserver.org/trump-texas-

The Texas Observer · Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized DisasterReckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.