Environment

September 14, 2006 - Except for Ernesto, hurricane season has been mostly quiet so far this year. There are a couple brewing right now, but they aren't expected to pose much of a threat.

September 12, 2006 - During the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, national attention was focused on the continuing disaster in New Orleans, and rightfully so. But there are other communities along the Gulf Coast that, relative to their size, suffered similar devastation (thankfully without loss of life on the scale of New Orleans) and are enduring similar struggles to rebuild.

September 6, 2006 - Last week, the Institute released "One Year after Katrina," the most in-depth report on the status of the Gulf Coast on the anniversary.

August 31, 2006 - Hot off the presses, The Nation has an excellent special issue about the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

August 30, 2006 - Sometimes it's easy to forget the depth of incompetence and neglect people in the Gulf Coast suffered after Katrina -- and the lengths that federal officials went to spin and deny things were going wrong.

August 29, 2006 - Where were you when Katrina stormed the Southern Gulf? I had the surreal experience of being on a family vacation when the storms blew in; I had asked my now-regular blogging compatriot R. Neal - then "South Knox Bubba" - to stand in (talk about a tough first assignment!).

August 28, 2006 - Over the last year, over $9 billion has been given to corporate contractors for post-Katrina relief and recovery -- and as we and others have revealed, m