Rebecca Herscher
speaker
404 appearances
55 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 3 Sep
Rebecca Herscher’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In all, FEMA has lost more than 2,500 employees since last September.
Trump administration officials have repeatedly called for FEMA to be drastically cut and moved to eliminate FEMA jobs, including in offices that directly help survivors of hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters.
FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
At his Senate confirmation hearing, new DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen argued that cuts can make FEMA more efficient.
Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
A huge swath of the Arctic Ocean freezes in the winter each year.
Last year, there was less ice than ever recorded, going back to 1979.
That's according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
And this year has set a new record again.
with even less ice than last year, by a slim margin, according to newly released data.
Sea ice is disappearing in the Arctic because humans are warming up the planet by burning oil, gas, and coal.
Sea ice loss affects weather around the world.
It also leaves coastal communities in the Arctic more vulnerable to storms, which in recent years has caused catastrophic flooding in parts of Alaska.
Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
A huge swath of the Arctic Ocean freezes in the winter each year.
Last year, there was less ice than ever recorded, going back to 1979.
That's according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.
And this year has set a new record again.
with even less ice than last year, by a slim margin, according to newly released data.
Sea ice is disappearing in the Arctic because humans are warming up the planet by burning oil, gas, and coal.
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