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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a 22-state coalition, plus D.C., won a court ruling preventing the Trump Administration and FEMA from terminating the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) disaster mitigation program and unlawfully withholding its appropriated funds. The decision restores billions in FEMA BRIC funding, including $4.5 billion for nearly 2,000 projects nationwide and more than $29 million for 24 projects in Michigan.

Ministers from 11 EU Member States have sent a joint letter urging the European Commission to swiftly publish a stand‑alone, updated EU Heating and Cooling Strategy aligned with 2040 climate targets. They welcome the Commission’s plan to present the strategy in Q1 2026 under the Action Plan for Affordable Energy and emphasise heating and cooling’s key role in cost‑efficient decarbonisation and energy security.

The European Commission proposes to amend the INSPIRE Directive to simplify technical and reporting requirements, align spatial environmental data rules with newer EU data legislation, and route access via data.europa.eu instead of a dedicated geo-portal. The changes are expected to reduce administrative burdens for Member States by 24–64 %, saving roughly EUR 6.36–16.96 million annually while supporting the Green Deal and AI-oriented Data Union Strategy.