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A government report from 1993 said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, would likely have to respond to one to two federally declared disasters per year. In just the first half of 2023, there have been around three dozen disasters. Climate change and the increase in extreme weather is putting immense strain on FEMA. And the agency has been pulled into additional crises, like helping ease the burden at the border and administering Covid testing and vaccine sites. It's not clear that there's the political will in Washington to make the organizational and fiscal fixes FEMA needs to meet the coming deluge of disasters. On this episode of our podcast, On The Merits, Bloomberg Government reporters Kellie Lunney and Ellen M. Gilmer talk about their reporting on what's troubling FEMA and why the agency's mission has ballooned so much since its creation. Do you have feedback on this episode of On The Merits? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.
For decades now, both parties in Washington have been unhappy with the status quo at the U.S.-Mexico border. But finding a congressional solution to our border problem has never seemed more out of reach. House Republicans are moving forward on a comprehensive immigration bill that few, if any, believe can pass the Democratic Senate, much less earn President Biden's signature. Meanwhile, despite Biden's campaign promises that he would start fresh, many Trump-era border policies are still in effect. Bloomberg Government reporter Ellen M. Gilmer just returned from a trip to the border where she witnessed multiple groups of migrants being apprehended. She joins On The Merits, our weekly news podcast, to talk about what she saw and whether there is any hope for improvement. Do you have feedback on this episode of On The Merits? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.
Today, Dr. Day addresses the issue of Preventing and Reversing eye disease. Lorraine Day, M.D. reveals the amazingly simple plan to prevent and reverse serious eye diseases that affect almost 50% of all Americans over the age of 65 and often lead to severe vision loss and even blindness. Her CD's explain; The food additives may cause blindness, The dangerous side effects of eye drop medications, The damaging side effects to the eye from many drug medications. www.drday.com Ellen Gilmer, reporter at www.eenews.net talks about her article, Nev.'s water fight -- slow-motion war over a thirsty future.
Today, Dr. Day addresses the issue of Preventing and Reversing eye disease. Lorraine Day, M.D. reveals the amazingly simple plan to prevent and reverse serious eye diseases that affect almost 50% of all Americans over the age of 65 and often lead to severe vision loss and even blindness. Her CD's explain; The food additives may cause blindness, The dangerous side effects of eye drop medications, The damaging side effects to the eye from many drug medications. www.drday.com Ellen Gilmer, reporter at www.eenews.net talks about her article, Nev.'s water fight -- slow-motion war over a thirsty future.
The Supreme Court has not been shy about wading into some pretty thorny environmental disputes. Including the two cases it took up last week, the justices now have six environmental cases outstanding on their docket. On this episode of our weekly podcast, Parts Per Billion, we hear from Bloomberg Law's Ellen M. Gilmer, who summarized all of these cases and broke down their individual story lines. She also talks about arguments in a climate change case that the Supreme Court will hear one day before President-elect Biden will officially take office.
The Biden administration is staffing up quickly and it seems like there's a new headline almost every day about the President-elect's choice for one cabinet position or another. But less attention is being paid to the lower-level attorneys, even though the new administration's entire environmental agenda largely depends on them. On this episode of our weekly environmental podcast, Parts Per Billion, we talk to Bloomberg Law's Ellen M. Gilmer about how these regulatory attorneys will be trying to help their agencies win in court and about how the attorneys can avoid getting a reputation as a sort of statutory killjoy.
Though she may be better known for her work on gender equality, late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a substantial impact on environmental law. On today's episode of Parts Per Billion we hear from Bloomberg Law's Ellen M. Gilmer about some of Ginsburg's most notable environmental opinions and about how these types of cases may fare at the high court after her death. For more on this topic, check out a column written earlier this week by Harvard Law School professor Richard Lazarus.
We don't know what environmental policy will look like under a potential Biden administration, but we do know that the Democratic presidential candidate has signaled he wants to get much more involved in a series of high profile climate change lawsuits. On this episode of Parts Per Billion, Bloomberg Law's Ellen M. Gilmer looks at what it would mean if a Biden Justice Department starts assisting cities and states in their legal fight against fossil fuel giants.
Just within the past few days, two big energy pipeline projects suffered major legal defeats and another one was abandoned by the company pushing it. On this episode of Parts Per Billion, Bloomberg Law's Ellen M. Gilmer updates us on this fast-moving news and explains why the litigation strategy of environmentalists who oppose these projects is now paying off big time.
The litigation over the toxic nonstick substances known as PFAS—or also known by their nickname "forever chemicals"—was already going to be pretty complicated. But now the pandemic has dialed that complexity up to a whole new level. On this week's episode of Parts Per Billion, reporter Ellen M. Gilmer talks about the delays these high stakes lawsuits have suffered in recent months and about whether one side in these types of disputes benefits more than the other when court deadlines get postponed. And to check out our new landing page that collects all of Bloomberg Law's reporting on PFAS, click here.
Environmental problems persist, so federal judges hearing environmental cases are struggling to make sure this litigation doesn't grind to a halt. On today's episode of Parts Per Billion, legal reporter Ellen M. Gilmer talks about the many virus-related delays in these cases and about one case over the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline in which a judge decided a hearing must go on. (Note: After the recording of this episode, the judge in the Dakota pipeline case issued a ruling. Visit news.bloombergenvironment.com for breaking news coverage.)
Two energy companies, Dominion and Duke, want to build a pipeline underneath the famed Appalachian Trail, but environmentalists want them to go take a hike. On this episode of Parts Per Billion, we head out to the trail with Bloomberg Environment's Ellen M. Gilmer and find out what this dispute is about and why it's heading all the way to the Supreme Court. Host: David Schultz. Editors: Marissa Horn and Josh Block.
Two energy companies, Dominion and Duke, want to build a pipeline underneath the famed Appalachian Trail, but environmentalists want them to go take a hike. On this episode of Cases and Controversies, we head out to the trail with Bloomberg Environment's Ellen M. Gilmer and find out what this dispute is about and why it's heading all the way to the Supreme Court.
Today, Dr. Day addresses the issue of Preventing and Reversing eye disease. Lorraine Day, M.D. reveals the amazingly simple plan to prevent and reverse serious eye diseases that affect almost 50% of all Americans over the age of 65 and often lead to severe vision loss and even blindness. Her CD's explain; The food additives may cause blindness, The dangerous side effects of eye drop medications, The damaging side effects to the eye from many drug medications. www.drday.com Ellen Gilmer, reporter at www.eenews.net talks about her article, Nev.'s water fight -- slow-motion war over a thirsty future.
Today, Dr. Day addresses the issue of Preventing and Reversing eye disease. Lorraine Day, M.D. reveals the amazingly simple plan to prevent and reverse serious eye diseases that affect almost 50% of all Americans over the age of 65 and often lead to severe vision loss and even blindness. Her CD's explain; The food additives may cause blindness, The dangerous side effects of eye drop medications, The damaging side effects to the eye from many drug medications. www.drday.com Ellen Gilmer, reporter at www.eenews.net talks about her article, Nev.'s water fight -- slow-motion war over a thirsty future.