Environment

September 13, 2007 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently seeking comments from the public about worrisome new information on the disposal of waste from burning coal -- and how the information should affect the way the agency regulates such waste.

September 11, 2007 - The two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina has passed -- and people around the country saw that the people of the Gulf Coast are still in deep crisis. People ask me: what can we do now?

September 7, 2007 - The following Q&A with Chris Kromm, executive director of the Institute, appeared in this week's issue of The Independent Weekly (Durham, NC).

August 31, 2007 - The week is drawing to a close, and with it coverage of the two-year anniversary of Katrina.

August 31, 2007 - Over the past week, there have been some excellent news stories about the grim situation faced by thousands of people across the Gulf Coast post-Katrina. There have also been some "feel-good" stories -- stories that aren't necessarily wrong, but which fail to capture the strong odds facing those trying to get back on their feet in the region.

August 31, 2007 - Two years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast isn't a very safe place to live. The following is our final installment of The Katrina Index from our, Blueprint for Gulf Renewal: The Katrina Crisis and a Community Agenda for Action, released this week.

August 30, 2007 - There are a number of sites featuring excellent unfiltered voices from the Gulf, for an "on-the-ground" perspective of the Gulf recovery. We mentioned two earlier here.