Rachael Lange is a second year student at Harvard Law School and a guest contributor to this blog. Bipartisan recognition of growing wildfire impacts across the country has led to the introduction of several wildfire-related bills that could become part of a future farm bill. The devastating wildfires in Southern California in early 2025, as well as the growing risk…
While it’s currently a challenge not to keep up with the latest developments on COVID-19, you might not know that states have been tirelessly submitting requests to the federal government for major disaster declarations. At the time of this writing, New York, California, Washington, Louisiana, Iowa, New Jersey, Georgia, Oregon, Connecticut, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri, Maryland, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Colorado,…
Cover Photo: Hogs swimming through floods in Duplin County, NC. NPR | Kelly Guerin Earlier this month Hurricane Dorian tore through the Southeast United States and the Bahamas. It devastated the Carolinas, spawning nearly two dozen tornadoes and leaving 418,000 people without power in the region. Of particular concern is the massive flooding in North Carolina, a state which…