On AlterNet: gulf coast

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "gulf coast"

The BP Disaster Marks the End of the Age of Arrogance About the Environment ... Can We Change?

Chip Ward, AlterNet. June 10, 2010.

This spill will mark the time we started to learn about ecocide; a turning point in our realization that our industrial, carbon-dependent way of life cannot last.

Hightower: The Right-Wing Loons Should Stop Blaming "God" for the Oil Spill

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. May 12, 2010.

It wasn't God whose insatiable thirst for profit put a risky oil-pumping contraption afloat on mile-deep water. BP executives did that.

Gulf Coast Braces for Economic Disasater In Wake of BP Oil Spill

Sarah Laskow, AlterNet. May 8, 2010.

As if the ecological destruction weren't enough, the Gulf Coast economy faces billions in losses from BP's recklessness.

Oil Disaster 5X Worse Than Estimated, 'Churning Slick' Now the Size of Puerto Rico

AlterNetMay 3, 2010.

The catastrophe continues, as Federal authorities have banned commercial and recreational fishing in a large stretch of water off four states.

Want to Prevent Oil Spill Disasters? Stop Driving

Jason Henderson, AlterNet. May 1, 2010.

A submerged oil well is spewing a river of oil toward Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Birds and fish will die, wetlands and beaches will be ruined -- all because we drive cars.

Oil from Leaking Well Washes Ashore in Louisiana, Threatening Huge Environmental Disaster

Agence France PresseApril 30, 2010.

Oil's landing marks the beginning of what environmentalists fear could be one of the worst US ecological disasters in years.

Gulf Coast Oil Spill: 'Exxon Valdez Is Going to Pale in Comparison to This'

BBCApril 29, 2010.

210,000 gallons a day are gushing into the sea 50 miles off the Louisiana coast.

We're Doing a Heckuva Job Helping Those Devastated by the Economic Meltdown

Karen Dolan, Diana Pearce, AlterNet. December 7, 2009.

Like the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the safety net is failing Americans battered by the 'Great Recession' of 2008-2009.

Hospitals' Lessons From Hurricane Gustav

Sheri Fink, ProPublica. September 5, 2008.

The pre-storm medical evacuation -- the largest in American history -- revealed some critical flaws in American hospitals.

Why a Gulf Wetland May Become a City

Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor. May 21, 2008.

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina have been quickly forgotten as developers plan to turn an important wetland in the region's fourth largest city.

As Climate Changes Threatens U.S. Gulf States, Federal Agencies Twiddle Thumbs

Chris Mooney, Science Progress. April 13, 2008.

We ought to be outraged at how poor a job our government is doing when it comes to processing information about global warming.

Networks Ignore Gulf Coast in Presidential Debates

Jeffrey Buchanan, AlterNet. January 30, 2008.

This is an American human rights crisis that certainly deserves to be addressed as Americans choose their next president.

Why Protecting Watersheds Is About Community and Culture

Derrick Christopher Evans, January 29, 2008.

A new vision for Gulf-area communities gets beyond the legacy racism, classism and environmental destruction.

Hurricane Katrina: Who's to Blame for this Unnatural Disaster

Ari Kelman, The Nation. August 29, 2007.

A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is responsible for the tragedy.

Two Years After Katrina, Billions in Relief Funds Are Missing

Jeffrey Buchanan, Chris Kromm, AlterNet. August 23, 2007.

The federal government has promised more than $116 billion in recovery aid, but residents of the still-devastated Gulf Coast wonder whether the check bounced.

FEMA Administrator Forced to Appear Before Congress

Guest Blogger, July 20, 2007.

Josh Dorner: What's being done about the Gulf Coast residents who are being poisoned by FEMA's toxic trailers?

Dying for a Home: Toxic Trailers Are Making Katrina Refugees Ill

Amanda Spake, The Nation. February 15, 2007.

FEMA-supplied trailers for displaced Gulf Coast residents have been found to emit formaldehyde vapors, causing serious health problems.