gulf coast recovery
July 18, 2012 -
With billions of dollars in Clean Water Act fines for the BP disaster slated to go to Gulf states, the region's businessmen and political leaders are talking about using the money for purposes other than ecosystem restoration. Gulf Coast citizens and advocates need to follow the money and demand accountability.
April 20, 2012 -
By 2010, the New Orleans East community had become a success story of the post-Katrina recovery, and more than 60 percent of the neighborhood had returned. And then, with the BP oil spill, disaster struck again.
April 20, 2012 -
On the two-year anniversary of BP's Deepwater Horizon explosion, an in-depth Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies report takes a ground-level look at why communities are still struggling to cope and rebuild.
April 20, 2012 -
The following is an excerpt from the Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies report, "Troubled Waters: Two Years after the BP Oil Disaster, A Struggling Gulf Coast Calls for National Leadership for Recovery." Read the full report here [pdf].
April 20, 2012 -
The following is an excerpt from the Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies report, "Troubled Waters: Two Years after the BP Oil Disaster, A Struggling Gulf Coast Calls for National Leadership for Recovery." Read the full report here [pdf].TROUBLED WATERS: A Community Blueprint for Gulf RenewalBy Sue Sturgis and Chris Kromm
April 20, 2012 -
The following is an excerpt from the Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies report, "Troubled Waters: Two Years after the BP Oil Disaster, A Struggling Gulf Coast Calls for National Leadership for Recovery." Read the full report here [pdf].
April 20, 2012 -
The following is an excerpt from the Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies report, "Troubled Waters: Two Years after the BP Oil Disaster, A Struggling Gulf Coast Calls for National Leadership for Recovery." Read the full report here [pdf].
