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Category: Gulf Coast

Posted inClimate

‘Real solutions to root issues’: Making hurricane recovery more equitable

by Michael Esealuka February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

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.

Posted inDisaster Recovery

Here’s how disaster declarations work—and why aid takes so long

by Amal Ahmed February 18, 2022February 18, 2022

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.

by Drew Hawkins December 3, 2021January 14, 2022

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

by Carly Berlin November 22, 2021January 13, 2022

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.

by Sara Sneath November 5, 2021November 22, 2021

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

by Carly Berlin October 27, 2021January 13, 2022

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

by Sara Sneath October 7, 2021January 14, 2022

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.

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