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Leslie Kaufman

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Climate and Environment Journalist at Bloomberg Green

Reporter covering climate change for Bloomberg @Business. Passionate about our planet. Formerly: @leslieNYT Views mine. RTs not endorsements.

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  • 5 days ago | bloomberg.com | Olivia Rudgard |Leslie Kaufman |David Stringer |Kyle Stock

    Yassamin Ansari Yassamin Ansari’s tentative plan after graduating from college was to work with refugees in Turkey. But a brief phone call with Bob Orr, then-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s climate adviser at the United Nations, changed her mind. He explained how global warming exacerbates existing problems, including refugee crises. “I was 100% convinced that I needed to go work for him at the UN and on climate,” she says. So she did.

  • 1 week ago | carriermanagement.com | Leslie Kaufman

    President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: “after hurricane season.”“We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level,” Trump told reporters on June 10 during a briefing in the Oval Office.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Leslie Kaufman

    Today’s newsletter looks at the “invisible peril” of extreme heat and how it's becoming a growing risk to businesses worldwide. Later, read our scoop on an internal US government memo outlining ways to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency. For unlimited access to climate and energy news, please subscribe.

  • 1 week ago | propertycasualty360.com | Leslie Kaufman

    A flooded playground and field in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Dec. 19, 2023. Photographer: Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: “After hurricane season.”“We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level,” Trump told reporters on June 10 during a briefing in the Oval Office.

  • 1 week ago | insurancejournal.com | Leslie Kaufman

    President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: “after hurricane season.”“We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level,” Trump told reporters on June 10 during a briefing in the Oval Office.

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Leslie Kaufman
Leslie Kaufman @leslieatlarge
11 Feb 25

BREAKING NG NEWS. CA will levy a $1 billion assessment on private insurers to bolster its insurance safety net after the LA fires https://t.co/vYNa8Fiaxe via @climate

Leslie Kaufman
Leslie Kaufman @leslieatlarge
11 Feb 25

California will levy a $1 billion assessment on private insurers to bolster its insurance safety net after the LA fires https://t.co/vYNa8Fiaxe via @climate

Leslie Kaufman
Leslie Kaufman @leslieatlarge
16 Oct 24

RT @business: As homeowners begin to pick up the pieces after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, @leslieatlarge joins @davidgura on the Big Take…