Six months after Ida, a co-founder of the Louisiana Just Recovery Network reflects on the group’s effort to repair homes and train workers.
Category: Gulf Coast
Posted inDisaster Recovery
Here’s how disaster declarations work—and why aid takes so long
Half of last year’s billion-dollar disasters were in the South. Securing federal aid money can take months, and distributing it to people who need it the most can take much longer.
Posted inClimate, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana, Waste
New Orleans has a trash problem. Climate change means other cities will too.
Some neighborhoods went without sanitation services for over a month after Hurricane Ida.
Posted inClimate, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Indigenous Affairs, Justice
Without federal recognition, coastal tribes struggle to access FEMA aid
Louisiana’s coastal tribes have been left to navigate a complex bureaucracy of parish, state, and federal agencies in a moment of crisis.
Posted inClimate, Energy, Gulf Coast, Water
The oil and gas industry is pushing misinformation about its impact on climate, coastal restoration. Louisiana politicians are repeating it.
The state’s coastal restoration plan is funded mostly by oil spill settlements—not royalties from offshore drilling.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Housing, Justice, Land, Louisiana, Public Health
Louisiana’s new hurricane survivor sheltering program could be a model for the future
The Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program aims to create temporary options closer to home as residents navigate federal aid programs.
Posted inClimate, Economies, Energy, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health
The oil and gas industry is using Louisiana’s climate task force to push carbon capture
The state’s unwavering support of the oil, gas, and chemical industries has made it difficult to reduce emissions, fund coastal restoration, or address extreme weather.