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#Ukraine will receive 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) after the Council of the #EU approved the third installment of non-refundable grants and loans under the Ukraine Facility program, the Council announced on March 17.

With this disbursement, Ukraine will have received nearly 20 billion euros ($21.7 billion) under the Ukraine Facility since the program was launched in early 2024

kyivindependent.com/eu-approve

The Kyiv Independent · EU approves third $3.8 billion tranche for Kyiv under Ukraine Facility programBy Tim Zadorozhnyy

From Asheville, North Carolina to New Orleans to Joplin, Missouri, natural disasters have sparked an outpouring of local generosity and unity that have helped rebuild. Los Angeles may now draw on these lessons in community-based resilience. #wildfires #LosAngeles #rebuilding

csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-m

Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor

The Christian Science Monitor · How Los Angeles rebuildsBy the Monitor's Editorial Board

On Los Angeles, disasters, and the present moment

“We’re seeing a way of life disappear, to be replaced with something else—who knows what. There will be rebuilding and regrowth, but what’s gone can never be replaced.”

“Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Rainey took video at Carbon Beach in Malibu, also known as “Millionaire’s Beach,” showing piles of charred rubble and frames that used to be the homes of some significance in entertainment history.

One was a home originally owned by movie star Doris Day and later by film and music executive David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks SKG.”

rogerebert.com/mzs/whats-gone-

I was reminded this week about the many questions Lahaina, Hawaii is grappling with in restoring the historic waterfront and dependence on tourism, etc. in the wake of the destructive wildfire there--similar questions will arise in North Carolina. (mom and pop shops, tourism, code compliance with current building standards, whether and how to rebuild the business district, and in Lahaina sea level rise models which show there are areas that will flood as the oceans rise).

civilbeat.org/2024/07/lahainas #disasters #rebuilding #ClimateChange

Honolulu Civil Beat · Lahaina’s Front Street Property Owners Are Eager To Rebuild, But It’s ComplicatedBy Cammy Clark

The nonpartisan group targets regulations and fees that could be removed or waived to more quickly help displaced residents The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has released a second policy brief regarding how to speed up homebuilding on Maui in the wake of the deadly August 2023 wildfires that killed 102 people in Lahaina and left […]

#Hawaii #Maui #Lahaina #Wildfire #Rebuilding #Housing
hawaiireporter.com/grassroot-b