Five years ago this morning, August 29, 2010, Hurricane Katrina hit just east of New Orleans. Five years later, we still don’t feel like we’re really part of the United States. We don’t seem to fit into the rest of the country. We feel taken for granted and then forgotten. Then we get remembered and [...]

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by Sherri
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Today is day 44 of the BP-Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico just 50 miles off the Louisiana coast. It is also day 2 of the 2010 hurricane season. This area of the world is my home and a vital part of my home state, Louisiana. Our wetlands [...]

Posted on June 2nd, 2010 by Sherri
Filed under: Accountability and Justice, Environment, History, Non-storm Disasters, Science, Videos | 36 Comments »