EPA Announces Federal Partnership to Build Nationwide Resilience to Natural Disasters
(WorldNews Environment)

08/15/2019 WASHINGTON (August 15, 2019) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal partners, in close coordination with experts across governmental agencies, academia and non-governmental organizations, to announce the agency`s participation in the National Mitigation Investment Strategy (NMIS). The NMIS provides a national, whole-community approach to investments in mitigation activities and risk management across federal, state, local, and tribal and territorial government and the private and non-profit sectors. `Investing in mitigation efforts will enable...