White House Attacks Endangered Species in Flood Insurance Request
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As part of a set of proposed reforms to the flood insurance program, the
"Letting
The program helps to underwrite insurance in the country's most flood-prone areas. In exchange for subsidizing insurance coverage, it encourages communities to adopt and enforce floodplain-management regulations to minimize the impacts of floods. Because the program funds even the highest risk development, which would never qualify for private insurance, the program is over
Beginning 20 years ago with the highly endangered Key deer, multiple federal courts have concluded
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"Gutting protections for endangered species is the opposite of flood insurance reform. It's the epitome of wasteful spending," said Hartl. "We can protect the most important places for the Key deer to survive and allow responsible development to occur, but it won't happen if
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