David Richardson, Acting FEMA Administration, Resigns NYT | Top Stories By: Scott Dance and Maxine Joselow 18 November 2025 at 05:24 David Richardson had been on the job for six months. FEMA employees had questioned his ability to lead the agency. © Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesDavid Richardson, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in July.
E.P.A. Drastically Limits Protections for Wetlands NYT | Top Stories By: Maxine Joselow 18 November 2025 at 03:21 The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems. © Madeline Gray for The New York TimesThe new definition could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide.
At a Times Event, Opposing Views on Climate Change Collide NYT | China By: Lisa Friedman, Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer 25 September 2025 at 13:02 In a day of live journalism, California’s governor assailed President Trump, and the U.S. energy secretary called for countries to quit the Paris Agreement on global warming.