Budget Ahead for Disaster Relief

Eric Cantor is right that Missouri's disaster relief should be offset by other cuts. But a one-time offset isn’t enough: we need a permanent fund to pay for disaster relief. Eric Cantor is right to insist that disaster relief payments to Missouri and other tornado-damaged locales be offset with …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Tuesday May 31, 2011

Climate Change Policy Won't Prevent Twister Deaths

After devastating windstorms hit the South in April, there's been a push to link climate policy to preventing more tornadoes. But there are easier ways to save lives. By any reasonable measure, the windstorms that ravaged the South in April present a massive tragedy: the most disaster-caused …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Friday May 13, 2011