https://www.europesays.com/1911977/ Local Governments Can Go on Offense to Protect the Environment #BuildingCodes #ClimateChangeMitigation #ContractLaw #Environment #EnvironmentalRemediation #FishAndWildlife #FossilEnergy #GovernmentEmployees #landfills #MilitaryAndDefense #NaturalDisasters #preemption #PublicHealth #RenewableEnergy #SustainableDevelopment #VehicleEmissions #WaterPollution #Wetlands #zoning
"Capitalism" didn't do it. The political class did, and then they called it capitalism.
“For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, the Trump Administration has ordered that to stop, according to people involved with the work.” 
#Politics #USPolitics #BuildingCodes #EmergencyPreparedness #ConstructionStandards #PublicSafety #DisasterRelief
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5303478/fema-trump-building-codes-floods-hurricane-disasters
Somebody I know was midway through a call today including #FEMA and having to do with resilience against flooding, involving various other agencies to coordinate advice to the public.
During the call, #NPR announced that FEMA will no longer have anything to do with #BuildingCodes. FEMA participation and experience is retracted.
This of course is insane.
Our well being is falling apart.
All kinds of increased density and urbanist upgrades are being thrown into file 13 (that's the trash for you youngsters out there) because cities insist on parking and other requirements that are not actually necessary.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/8/21/lets-embrace-our-nonconforming-grandpas
#Redevelopment
#Renovation
#BuildingCodes
#Urbanism
#Architecture
