August 31, 2009 -
Four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, cities and towns across Mississippi are still trying to recover, but recovery efforts are being hampered by what community advocates call Mississippi's misplaced priorities.
August 31, 2009 -
Much of the media coverage of the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina has either focused on what happened during those fateful days in 2005. But as one commentator pointed out, "they're remembering Katrina -- and forgetting the Gulf."
August 31, 2009 -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released information showing there are 584 coal ash dump sites across the country -- almost twice as many as previously identified. The facilities are located in 35 states and concentrated in Appalachia, the Southeast, Midwest and Intermountain West.
August 31, 2009 -
By James Ridgeway, New America Media
August 31, 2009 -
By Olga Pierce, ProPublica
August 29, 2009 -
By Jeffrey BuchananThis will be the first year that Congressional leadership and the President of the United States do not travel to the Gulf Coast to honor the anniversary of our nation's largest disaster.