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On the recordOctober 5, 2021
I know FEMA ducked because a lot of the reason for the inaccuracy was that they would have to bake in climate change, and there are very powerful forces that want to punish anybody who talks about climate change.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse suggests FEMA avoided addressing climate change in mapping due to external pressures.

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