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Hurricane Harvey

Lessons from Hurricane Harvey, for a Still-Flooded Houston

As Imelda’s floodwaters drain from my hometown, I observe a discourse around Harvey’s two- year anniversary constrained by a presumed opposition between the needs of humanity and the forces of nature—as though the two were in mortal combat.
Anis Shivani ·
Flooding in the author's neighborhood, Houston, September, 2019.

Green New Deal Too Expensive? New GAO Report Details Hundreds of Billions in Climate-Related Damage

Julia Conley ·

People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas.

'Part of a Disturbing Trend of Willful Ignorance,' Say Scientists, After Investigation Shows EPA, Texas Rejected Air Quality Data Post-Hurricane Harvey

Andrea Germanos ·

To Fund 'White Supremacist Vanity Project,' Trump Eyes Relief Funds Earmarked for Actual Disasters

Julia Conley ·

Trump tosses rolls of paper towels like basketballs to victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017

Hurricane Trump, Season 2

Wim Laven ·

With Full Impact Still Hidden From Public, Report Details 'Environmental Assault' Unleashed by Hurricane Harvey

According to detailed review, nearly half a billion gallons of industrial wastewater mixed with storm water surged out of one chemical plant alone

Julia Conley ·

Harvey rescue operation

As Climate Crisis Intensifies, $300+ Billion in Damages Makes 2017 Costliest Year Ever

Experts say this "historic and unprecedented year of disastrous extremes" reinforces "the fact that climate change is a threat to our health, and also a threat to our economy."

Jessica Corbett ·

Ignoring Public Opinion and Pentagon, Trump Denies Climate Crisis a National Security Threat

"If we want to keep our country safe, Trump should take military advice from the military, not fossil fuel executives who are pushing to deny climate science and boost their profits at any cost."

Julia Conley ·

President Donald Trump throwing paper towels to hurricane victims during a visit to Puerto Rico.

The Sad State of Disaster Relief

Former presidents are cajoling individual Americans to donate for relief. Maybe they should lobby Congress instead.

Jill Richardson ·

Whittier Fire

Chiding Trump for Inaction, GAO Report Shows Climate to Cost US Taxpayers Trillions

Federal watchdog's report serves as indictment of Trump administration's climate change denialism and pro-industry agenda

Jessica Corbett ·

flooding in Texas

"Absolutely Unconscionable': In Post-Harvey Texas, No Relief Funds for Critics of Israel

Called an "egregious violation of the First Amendment" by the ACLU, Texas city won't approve hurricane relief grantees who participate in non-violent boycott over Israeli government's crimes and abuses

Jessica Corbett ·

“In addition to reactors, which at least are within containment structures, high-level radioactive waste storage pools are not within containment, and are also mega-catastrophes waiting to happen, as in the event of a natural disaster like a hurricane,” says Kevin Kamps of the activist group Beyond Nuclear.

Nuclear Plants Plus Hurricanes: Disasters Waiting to Happen

Throughout the world, some 430 reactors are in various stages of vulnerability to natural disaster, including ninety-nine in the United States.

Harvey Wasserman ·

Groups: Harvey Recovery Must Serve Vulnerable Victims, Not Corporate Polluters

A statement signed by over 130 organizations warns Texas and Louisiana officials against using recovery money to subsidize fossil fuel giants

Jake Johnson ·

The Brutal Racial Politics of Climate Change and Pollution

Trump administration policies are systematically making natural disasters more harmful for the poor and people of color

Basav Sen ·

Experts 'Running Out Of Adjectives' as Hurricane Maria Slams Puerto Rico

Size and strength of latest storm called "horrifying" as relentless and unprecedented hurricane season continues

Julia Conley ·

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