This feels like an interesting consequence to the gutting of FEMA. States still need funds for disaster relief, but now the feds won’t pay. Considering most major natural disasters these days have been amped up by climate change, there’s a logical link that Big Oil should be the ones to foot the bill if the U.S. won’t.
Of course, one can expect this won’t last long and the current U.S. administration will intervene on the side of Big Oil before this gets interesting, but I like the idea.
Then again, this hasn’t been the first time the states have moved ahead of the federal administration - happened during Trump’s first term too. Maybe they’ll do it successfully again.
This feels like an interesting consequence to the gutting of FEMA. States still need funds for disaster relief, but now the feds won’t pay. Considering most major natural disasters these days have been amped up by climate change, there’s a logical link that Big Oil should be the ones to foot the bill if the U.S. won’t.
Of course, one can expect this won’t last long and the current U.S. administration will intervene on the side of Big Oil before this gets interesting, but I like the idea.
Then again, this hasn’t been the first time the states have moved ahead of the federal administration - happened during Trump’s first term too. Maybe they’ll do it successfully again.