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Issue Menu
General Environmental
Implications
Information Access
Polluted Floodwaters
Public Drinking Water and Sewage Treatment Systems
Oil and Chemical Spills, Releases, and Incidents *
Levees and Flood Control Issues
Katrina's Natural Disaster/Security Implications
Federal Legislative/Regulatory Response
Wetlands and Barrier Islands
Redevelopment/Rebuilding of Stricken Areas
Coastal Development
Hurricanes and Climate Change
Fish, Wildlife, and Ecosystems
Commercial Fisheries Impacts
Katrina's Energy Implications *
Air Pollution
General Environmental
Implications
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"Flood Debris Carries Unwanted Guests," New York Times, October 4, 2005, by Hannah Fairfield
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"Chevy to the Levees; David Helvarg Sends a Dispatch From the Hurricane-Ravaged South," Grist Magazine, September 29, 2005, David Helvarg
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"Mold Overtakes Flooded City in a Foul Flourish," USA TODAY, September 22, 2005, by Oren Dorell, Laura Parker and Tom Kenworthy
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"Environment: E.P.A. Struggles to Determine Extent of Hazards in Sludge," New York Times, September 15, 2005, by Felicity Barringer and Michael Janofsky.
"The magnitude and geographic sweep of the pollution left by Hurricane Katrina is so enormous that the Environmental Protection Agency is struggling to determine what the worst hazards are, where they are and what can be done about them, the agency's administrator said Wednesday."
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"Katrina's Blow to Timber Resources Appears 'Worst on Record,' Experts Say," Greenwire, September 14, 2005, by Dan Berman (by subscription)
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"Alarm Growing on Storm's Cost for Agriculture," New York Times, September 8, 2005 by Alexei Barrionuevo and Jeff Bailey
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"Shelters for Pets Fill With Furry Survivors," New York Times, September 8, 2005, by Deborah Blumenthal
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"Pumping: Behind the First Roar of Machinery to Drain the City, a Tale of Pluck and Luck," New York Times, September 8, 2005, by John Schwartz
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"The Losses: Liability Issue: Wind or Water?," New York Times, September 8, 2005, by Jennifer Bayot
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"Katrina Environmental Issues 'Almost Unimaginable'," Reuters, September 6, 2005 (3:16 PM ET), by Jim Loney. "Crews have found two major oil spills, one of 68,000 barrels at a Bass Enterprise storage depot in Venice and another of 10,000 barrels at a Murphy Oil facility in Chalmette," according to LA DEQ Secretary Mike McDaniel. "More than 500 Louisiana sewage plants were damaged or destroyed, including 25 major ones. There were about 170 sources of leaking hydrocarbons and natural gas, officials said."
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"Scientists Comb a Ruined Coastline for Clues and Lessons," New York Times, September 6, 2005, by Cornelia Dean
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"Official Calls Environmental Damage From Hurricane Katrina 'A Crisis Waiting to Happen'," Living on Earth, National Public Radio, September 2, 2005, by Jeff Young and Bruce Gellerman (transcript)
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"Bottled-Up River Prevents Ships From Reaching Gulf," Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2005, by Joseph Menn and Claire Hoffman. "Port conditions are hurting farmers and transport companies as their stocks languish."
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"For Most Part, Labor Day Won't Be at the Beach; Gas Shortage, Floating Debris Expected to Temper Celebrations at Baldwin Resorts," Mobile Register, September 2, 2005, by Ryan Dezember
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"Health Challenges: Rotting Food, Dirty Water and Heat Add to Problems," New York Times, September 2, 2005, by Shaila Dewan and Abby Goodnough
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"Local Officials Criticize Federal Government Over Response," New York Times, September 2, 2005, by Joseph B. Treaster and Deborah Sontag
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"Cleanup and
Restoration: Cost of Katrina Is
Expected to Break Records,"
Washington Post, September 1,
2005, by Gilbert M. Gaul and Ceci
Connolly
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"New Orleans: Nature's
Revenge?" BBC News, August
31, 2005, by Adam Blenford
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"Health Threats Grow in
New Orleans," Associated Press via
Mobile Register, August 31,
2005, by Marilynn Marchione
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"Perspective: New
Orleans' Tragic Paradox," Los
Angeles Times, August 31, 2005, by
Kevin Sack
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"Agencies Sniff for
Toxins Along Ravaged Gulf Coast,"
Greenwire, August 31, 2005, by
Ben Geman (by subscription
only).
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"Media Circus: New
Orleans Paper Warned of the Worst,"
National Public Radio, August 31, 2005,
by David Folkenflik
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"New Orleans Facing
Environmental Disaster,"
Associated
Press via Washington Post, August 29, 2005, by Matt
Crenson
Information Access
Polluted Floodwaters
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"Tests Find N.O. Water Less Toxic than Feared," Baton Rouge Advocate, October 5, 2005, by Amy Wold and Mike Dunne
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"Katrina's Environment Threat Not Over, Greens Say," Reuters via AlertNet, September 17, 2005, by Frank McGurty
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"EPA Warns Muck Left By Floodwaters Is Highly Contaminated," Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2005, by Marla Cone and Ashley Powers. "Environmental officials today warned people to avoid all contact with the mud and muck left by the receding floodwaters in New Orleans because of unsafe levels of petroleum products and bacteria."
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"St. Bernard Parish: Potential Dangers of Oil-And-Sewage Sludge Could Linger For Years; Officials Worry About the Planned Return of Residents," Houston Chronicle, September 16, 2005, by Dina Cappiello. "The bacteria and gasoline tainting floodwaters in the New Orleans area have wound their way into the sludge covering the city and surrounding parishes, where it could persist for years and escape into the air to be inhaled by people returning to the hurricane zone, environmental officials said Friday."
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"Katrina's Aftermath: Polluted Waters Drown Environmental Efforts," Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2005, by Ralph Vartabedian and Marla Cone. "Drainage laden with bacteria and chemicals is flowing into Lake Pontchartrain, and raw sewage is being released into the Mississippi."
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"Five Deaths Linked to Tainted Water; Toxic Stew Called 'a Stinking Mess'," New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 9, 2005, by John Pope
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"Environment: Level of Bacteria Is Found Unsafe," New York Times, September 8, 2005, by Michael Janofsky
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"EPA: New Orleans Floodwater Risky Even for Skin Contact," Associated Press via New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 7, 2005, by Lauran Neergaard
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"Five Die From Bacterial Infection," New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 7, 2005, by John Pope
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"Katrina Takes Environmental Toll: Water Could Be Unsafe for Years; Bush, Congress To Probe Relief," Washington Post, September 7, 2005, by Timothy Dwyer, Jacqueline L. Salmon and Dan Eggen
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"Environment: Water Returned to Lake Pontchartrain Contains Toxic Material," New York Times, September 7, 2005, by Sewell Chan and Andrew C. Revkin
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"Few Choices to Rid New Orleans of Poisoned Water," Reuters, September 6, 2005, by Jim Loney
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"Contamination Risk Updated," New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 6, 2005
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"Water Pollution a Concern in New Orleans," Associated Press via New York Times, September 6, 2005. "Four people may have died of a waterborne bacterial infection circulating in Hurricane Katrina's flood waters," this story from the CDC in Washington, DC says. "The deaths appear to have been caused by Vibrio vulnificus, a germ common in warm Gulf Coast waters that's usually spread by eating contaminated food but that can penetrate open wounds, too. The deaths — one a hurricane refugee evacuated to Texas, the other three in Mississippi — were attributed to wound infections," CDC said. The agency urged people to limit contact with flood waters, treat wounds, and wash hands often.
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"Contaminated Floodwater Will Harm Lake," New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 6, 2005, by Mark Schleifstein
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"Assessing the Environmental Damage; Officials Are Studying a Mix of Pollutants, Including Oil and Fertilizers, That Are Fouling the Waters," Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2005, by Sandy Bauers
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"Sewage in Floodwaters Carries Disease," Associated Press via Yahoo!, September 1, 2005, by John Heilprin
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"Health Concerns;
Hazards Contained in Waters Are Not as
Toxic as Feared," New York
Times, September 1, 2005, by
Kenneth Chang
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"Floodwaters Churn
Fears of 'Toxic Soup'," Houston
Chronicle, August 31, 2005, by Kim
Cobb
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"Officials Fear Flood
Waters Are Toxic; Leaking Fuels,
Chemicals, Pollution and Sewage Could
Create Health Problems," St.
Petersburg Times, August 30, 2005,
by Craig Pittman
Public Drinking Water and Sewage Treatment Systems
Oil and Chemical Spills, Releases, and Incidents
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"Fear Centered Below Surface at Polluted Sites," USA TODAY, October 10, 2005, by Traci Watson
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"Sampling Shows Contamination; Chemist Opposes Return," Baton Rouge Advocate, October 7, 2005, by Mike Dunne
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"Cleaning Up Katrina Oil Spills May Take Months," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 29, 2005, by Scott Streater
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"Murphy Hit with Lawsuits over Louisiana Oil Spill," Reuters via Planet Ark, September 19, 2005. "Murphy Oil Corp. Friday said it was sued in federal court for a crude-oil spill at its Meraux, Louisiana refinery, triggered by Hurricane Katrina, that covered parts of a nearby parish in a layer of sludge. The company said the lawsuits, filed in the US Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, are seeking damages for residents of St. Bernard Parish in southeast Louisiana. St. Bernard residents were told this week that, when they return in coming days, they will have to wear rubber gloves and boots."
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"Katrina Leaves a Toxic Nightmare; Oil Spills Rival Exxon Valdez; Water Clogged With Deadly Chemicals," Dallas Morning News, September 15, 2005, by Randy Lee Loftis.
"Hurricane Katrina is rapidly becoming the worst environmental calamity in U.S. history, with oil spills rivaling the Exxon Valdez, hundreds of toxic sites still uncontrolled, and waterborne poisons soaking 160,000 homes." ...
"Across southern Louisiana, the Coast Guard reported seven major oil spills from refineries or tank farms that totaled 6.7 million gallons, or 61 percent as much as the 11 million gallons that leaked into Alaska's Prince William Sound from the Exxon Valdez in 1989."
"The total does not count the gasoline from gas stations and the more than 300,000 flooded cars, which was likely to add another 1 million to 2 million gallons. Nor does it count the oil from hundreds of smaller or undiscovered spills. Altogether, 396 calls had come in to the Coast Guard's national oil-spill hotline by Wednesday afternoon."
"More than three-quarters of the oil from the Katrina spills had not been recovered by Wednesday, the Coast Guard said."
"The magnitude of the oil spills came into focus with word that laboratories trying to test sediment from newly drained areas were having a problem: There was so much petroleum in the dirt that they couldn't test for anything else." ... (Copyright © Dallas Morning News)
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"DEQ: Rail Cars Pose Hazards; No Leaks So Far, But Data Still Sketchy," Baton Rouge Advocate, September 15, 2005, by Amy Wold. "Hundreds and possibly thousands of railcars in the area hit by Hurricane Katrina could be an environmental hazard. ... The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has requested information from railroad companies on the contents and conditions of these rail cars, but so far the response has been weak, officials said."
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"An Ecological Hazard: Report Offers 'Grave' View of Impact on Environment," Houston Chronicle, September 15, 2005, by Dina Cappiello.
"Drums full of hazardous medical waste and industrial chemicals float in the tainted floodwaters."
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"Katrina Lays Bare Superfund Woes; Concern Rises That Storm May Have Compromised Cleanup of Toxic Sites Around New Orleans — and Created New Ones" Christian Science Monitor, September 15, 2005, by Brad Knickerbocker.
"The receding floodwaters in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast are exposing hazardous chemicals and other dangerous waste. But they're also revealing the accomplishments — and the limits — of government programs designed to clean up such pollution."
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"Pollution: Residents Worry About the Threat of Hazardous Chemicals," New York Times, September 9, 2005, by Ian Urbina and Matthew L. Wald
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"Murphy Says Oil Spill at Refinery Due Katrina," Reuters via Planet Ark, September 5, 2005
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"Murphy Oil Tank in Louisiana Spills," New Orleans Times-Picayune (Associated Press), September 4, 2005
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"Hurricane Katrina: EPA Response," EPA Region 6 Press Release of September 5, 2005. The release describes the Murphy Oil spill, giving the location as Chalmette (rather than Meraux, the location cited in other accounts).
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"Big Oil Spill Spotted Near Tanks on Miss.," Associated Press via New York Times, September 2, 2005 (1:33 p.m. ET). "NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A huge oil spill was spotted near two storage tanks on the Mississippi River downstream from New Orleans, state officials said Friday."
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"Depot Explodes Over Lawless New Orleans," Associated Press via New York Times, September 2, 2005. "NEW ORLEANS — An explosion at a chemical depot jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over a city awash in corpses and under siege from looters. There were no immediate reports of injuries."
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"DuPont Plant Slammed
by Katrina; Gulf Coast Facility at
'Ground Zero' of Storm,"
Wilmington News Journal,
August 31, 2005, by Jeff
Montgomery
Levees and Flood Control Issues
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"Senate Panel Investigates Levee Lawsuits," Jackson Clarion-Ledger, September 17, 2005, by Jerry Mitchell.
"A Senate committee is investigating charges that environmental groups' lawsuits against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played a role in the flooding of New Orleans, documents show. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee wants the information for a series of Hurricane Katrina hearings. The Justice Department asked U.S. attorney's offices Wednesday for information on cases environmental groups brought against the corps regarding the New Orleans levees. The Clarion-Ledger obtained that internal e-mail and another saying the request was being made on the committee's behalf and asking for a response by closing time Friday. Environmental groups said Friday they had nothing to do with the flooding and this is nothing more than a smear campaign."
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"Debate Over Storm Damage: Senate Panel Investigating Challenges to Levees," Washington Post, September 17, 2005, by Dan Eggen
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"In Europe, High-Tech Flood Control, With Nature's Help," New York Times, September 6, 2005, by William J. Broad
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"Katrina's Aftermath: Despite Warnings, Washington Failed to Fund Levee Projects," Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2005, by Richard A. Serrano and Nicole Gaouette. "To cut spending, officials gambled that the worst-case scenario would not come to be."
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"Warnings to Beef Up New Orleans' '60s-Era Levees Unheeded," Newhouse News Service, September 2, 2005, by John McQuaid and Bill Walsh
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"Floods Unavoidable, Army Engineers Say," Miami Herald (Knight Ridder News Service), September 2, 2005, by Peter Carey. "The Army Corp of Engineers said recent studies on strengthening New Orleans' levee system, designed decades ago, had not made much progress."
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"OMB vs. Army Corps of Engineers: Critics Say Bush Undercut New Orleans Flood Control," Washington Post, September 2, 2005, by Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker
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"City's Defenses Weakened, Ignored" (editorial), USA TODAY, September 1, 2005
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"The Levee: Intricate
Flood Protection Long a Focus of
Dispute," New York Times,
September 1, 2005, by Andrew C. Revkin
and Christopher Drew
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"Engineers Had Warned
Of a Looming Disaster," USA
TODAY, September 1, 2005, by Peter
Eisler, Jim Drinkard and Traci
Watson
Katrina's Natural
Disaster/Security
Implications
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"News of Pandemonium May Have Slowed Aid," Washington Post, October 5, 2005, by Robert E. Pierre and Ann Gerhart
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"Brown Blames 'Dysfunctional' Louisiana," Associated Press via ABC News, September 27, 2005, by Lara Jakes Jordan
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"Armed and Dangerous - Flipper the Firing Dolphin Let Loose by Katrina," London Observer, September 25, 2005, by Mark Townsend
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"On Their Own; SF Paramedics Tell a Firsthand Story of Individual Action Amid Official Neglect in New Orleans," San Francisco Bay Guardian via EMSNetwork News, September 14, 2005, by Tali Woodward.
(The California paramedics, Bradshaw and Slonsky, were attending the EMS conference in New Orleans. Larry Bradshaw is the chief shop steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790; and Lorrie Beth Slonsky is steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790.)
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"Inside FEMA: Leaders Lacking Disaster Experience; 'Brain Drain' At Agency Cited," Washington Post, September 9, 2005, by Spencer S. Hsu
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"Area Emergency Plans: Campaign to Prepare Residents for the Worst
Terrorism, Natural Disasters Are Focus," Washington Post, September 9, 2005, by Christian Davenport
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"FEMA Chief Waited Until After Storm Hit," Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News,
September 6, 2005, by Ted Bridis. "The government's disaster chief waited until hours after Hurricane Katrina had already struck the Gulf Coast before asking his boss to dispatch 1,000 Homeland Security employees to the region — and gave them two days to arrive, according to internal documents."
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"First Responders Warned of Change," Associated Press via Washington Post, September 6, 2005
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"Official Says Feds Warned of Storm's Potential," Newhouse News Service via Seattle Times, September 5, 2005, by Mark Schleifstein
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"What Went Wrong: Storm Exposed Disarray at the Top," Washington Post, September 4, 2005, by Susan B. Glasser and Josh White. "The killer hurricane and flood that devastated the Gulf Coast last week exposed fatal weaknesses in a federal disaster response system retooled after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to handle just such a cataclysmic event."
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"Many Evacuated, but Thousands Still Waiting; White House Shifts Blame to State and Local Officials," Washington Post, September 4, 2005, by Manuel Roig-Franzia and Spencer Hsu. "Tens of thousands of people spent a fifth day awaiting evacuation from this ruined city, as Bush administration officials blamed state and local authorities for what leaders at all levels have called a failure of the country's emergency management."
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"Government's Role: Planning, Response Are Faulted," Washington
Post, September 2, 2005, by Josh White and Peter Whoriskey
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"Katrina's Lesson in
Readiness," Washington
Post, September 1, 2005, by Paul
C. Light
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"Federal Government Wasn't Ready for Katrina, Disaster Experts Say," Knight Ridder Newspapers, August 31, 2005, by Seth Borenstein
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"Feds' Disaster
Planning Shifts Away From
Preparedness," New Orleans
Times-Picayune (Newhouse News
Service), August 31, 2005, by Bill
Walsh, Bruce Alpert and John
McQuaid
Federal Legislative/Regulatory Response
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"Senator Wants EPA Rules Eased for Katrina," Associated Press via Washington Post, September 15, 2005, by John Heilprin. "Legislation that would allow the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily suspend or relax its rules because of Hurricane Katrina is being prepared by the Republican chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The proposal is being readied despite EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson's assurance he has no immediate need for any regulatory waivers. Johnson gave a closed-door briefing Wednesday to the committee's chairman, Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, and other committee members."
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"Bill Would Let E.P.A. Relax Rules for Cleanup," New York Times, September 16, 2005, by Michael Janofsky. Correction Appended.
Wetlands and Barrier Islands
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"Natural Buffers Took a Beating," Washington Post, September 21, 2005, by Juliet Eilperin
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"Scientists Want Help To Save Louisiana Wetlands; Expert: Eroding Coast an Environmental Time Bomb," Associated Press via CNN, September 5, 2005
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"Officials Try to Assess Damage to Barrier Islands Off New Orleans," New York Times, September 7, 2005, by Jeremy Alford
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"Wetland Restoration Seen As Crucial; Delta's Marshes, Islands Form Buffers Against Storm Surges, Scientists Say," San Francisco Chronicle, September 5, 2005, by Glen Martin
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"Katrina's Aftermath: Hurricane Destroys Last of Nature's Speed Bumps," Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2005, by Julie Cart And Kenneth R. Weiss
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"Storm Erased Most of Set of Barrier Islands," New York Times, September 2, 2005
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"Shrinking La.
Coastline Contributes To Flooding,"
Washington Post, August 30,
2005, by Juliet Eilperin
Redevelopment/Rebuilding of Stricken Areas
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"Residents Along Coast Say Rita's Damage Worse than Audrey's," American Press, October 5, 2005, Jeremy Harper
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"Big Dreams for the Big Easy; What New Orleans Could Look Like the Second Time Around," Grist Magazine, September 17, 2005, Timothy Lange
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"Poll: Most Say Abandon Flooded New Orleans," Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 9, 2005, by Will Lester
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"Gulf Region Infrastructure Slowly Revives; But Damage to Key Roads, Ports, Telecommunication Services and Energy Sources Remains," Washington Post, September 8, 2005, by Neil Irwin and Sara Kehaulani Goo
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"Vanished, Under Force of Time and an Inconstant Earth," New York Times, September 6, 2005, by Dennis Overbye
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"Katrina's Aftermath: Roadblocks to Rebuilding," Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2005, by Annette Haddad. "Because of the housing boom, reconstruction in the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina is likely to be hampered by a lack of materials and skilled labor."
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"Past U.S. Disasters Suggest New Orleans Will Recover," Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 1, 2005, by Michael M. Phillips and Cynthia Crossen
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"Reclaiming the Big Easy Means Hard Choices," Associated Press via Yahoo!, September 1, 2005, by Matt Crenson
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"Rebuilding: Future
Face of New Orleans Has an Uncertain
Look for Now," New York
Times, September 1, 2005, by David
W. Dunlap
Coastal Development
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"Warnings Ignored: The Lure of Coastal Life Outweighs The Risks," Washington Post, September 7, 2005, by Michael Powell and Michael Grunwald
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"A Call To Look Again at Coastal Development; As More Build on Shores, Costs of Disasters Increase," Baltimore Sun, September 4, 2005, by Timothy B. Wheeler
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"Eugene Robinson: Natural Acts of Terror" (opinion column), Dallas Morning News, September 2, 2005, by Eugene Robinson
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"Gone With the Water," National Geographic Magazine, October 2004, written by Joel K. Bourne Jr., photographs by Robert Caputo and Tyrone Turner. "The Louisiana bayou, hardest working marsh in America, is in big trouble — with dire consequences for residents, the nearby city of New Orleans, and seafood lovers everywhere." Another exactly prescient warning of almost the exact scenario that Katrina wrought — shorter and more colorful than its predecessor "Washing Away."
Hurricanes and Climate
Change
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"Severe Hurricanes Increasing, Study Finds," Washington Post, September 16, 2005, by Juliet Eilperin
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"Katrina Rings Alarms on Climate Change-World Bank," Reuters AlertNet, September 8, 2005, by Laura MacInnis
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"The Cyclone Ranger; A Hurricane Expert Explains the Climate-Change Connection," Grist Magazine, September 7, 2005, Robert L. Korty
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"What Led To Katrina? Jury Still Out On Global Warming," USA TODAY, September 6, 2005, by Elizabeth Weise
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"Hurricanes and Climate Change," Living on Earth, National Public Radio, week of September 2, 2005, by Bruce Gellerman.
"MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel talks about his book 'Divine Wind: the History and Science of Hurricanes.' Emanuel's latest research, published in Nature Magazine, shows a startling global increase in hurricane strength and duration, which he correlates to rising sea temperatures linked to global warming."
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"German Reaction: Environment Minister Criticizes U.S. Policy;
'Neglected Climate Protection' to Blame," Washington Post, September 2, 2005, by Craig Whitlock
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"Katrina's Real
Name" (Column), Boston
Globe, August 30, 2005, by Ross
Gelbspan
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"The Outlook: Storms
Vary With Cycles, Experts Say,"
New York Times, August 30,
2005, by Kenneth Chang
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"Hurricanes: A
Compendium of Hurricane Information;
Hurricanes & Climate Change,"
US Global Change Research Program,
updated August 29, 2005
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"Is Global Warming
Fueling Katrina?" TIME
Magazine, August 29, 2005 by Jeffrey
Kluger
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"Shake And Blow: Brace For More Katrinas, Say Experts," AFP via TerraDaily, August 30, 2005
Fish, Wildlife, and Ecosystems
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"At Dusk, When People Are Absent, the Critters Take Up Residence Along Highway 27," New York Times, October 3, 2005, by Jennifer Steinhauer
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"Fish Used To Assess Environment Damage," Associated Press via Wilmington Morning Star, September 16, 2005, by Garry Mitchell. "Scientists harvested fish off the Mississippi coast as part of the latest effort to assess environmental damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina's monstrous storm surge and toxic floodwaters. Researchers hope to determine whether the hurricane caused any contamination from chemical spills, sewer overflows or other poisons that washed into the Gulf of Mexico."
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"Toxic Floodwaters Threaten Wildlife," Newhouse News Service via Detroit News, September 11, 2005, by Jim Barnett
Commercial Fisheries Impacts
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"Alabama Town's Shellfish Industry Now in Tatters," USA TODAY, September 9, 2005, by Larry Copeland
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"Seafood Industries Devastated by Hurricane," New York Times, September 8, 2005, by Jeremy Alford
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"Katrina's Aftermath: With Fishing Industry Wiped Out at Midseason, Forecast Is Bleak," Los Angeles Times, September 7, 2005, by Julie Cart. "The region normally supplies about 30% of the nation's seafood. It won't this year."
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"Town's Shrimpers May
Be Sunk," Birmingham News,
September 1, 2005, by Kim
Chandler
Katrina's Energy
Implications
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"Energy Bill OKd in Raucous Vote; GOP Measure Scrapes By After Hard Lobbying on House Floor," San Francisco Chronicle, October 8, 2005, by Zachary Coile
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"Interior Secretary Says U.S. Will Push Search for Energy," New York Times, September 28, 2005, by Felicity Barringer
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"N.J. Sues Gas Stations Over Rapid Price Hikes," New Jersey Star-Ledger, September 27, 2005, by Tom Johnson
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"At Time of Epic Storms, Oil Industry Thinks Anew," New York Times, September 15, 2005, by Jad Mouawad
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"US Oil Industry Inches Back From Katrina's Havoc," Reuters Alertnet, September 7, 2005, by Timothy Gardner
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"Utilities in La., Miss., Battle Outages," Associated Press via New York Times,
September 6, 2005
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"ENERGY: Helping Workers Rebuild Lives; Companies Take out Ads, Set up Temporary Housing and Give Away Cash," Houston Chronicle, September 6, 2005, by David Ivanovich, Kim Cobb and Tom Fowler
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"Katrina's Shock to the System," New York Times, September 4, 2005, by Jad Mouawad
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"The Oil Supply: Gulf Oil Operations Remain in Disarray," New York Times, September 2, 2005, by Jad Mouawad and Vikas Bajaj
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"Gasoline Rises for the
Fourth Day as Katrina Shuts
Refineries," Bloomberg, September
1, 2005
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"Katrina Packs Energy
Punch; Gas Supply Dips, Prices Soar in
Aftermath of Hurricane," San
Jose Mercury News (Knight Ridder),
September 1, 2005, by Kevin G.
Hall
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"Petroleum Reserve:
White House Opens Emergency Oil
Stockpile To Calm Market,"
Boston Globe, September 1,
2005, by Rick Klein
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"U.S. Eases Air
Pollution Rule To Boost Fuel
Supply," Reuters, August 31,
2005
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"20 Oil Rigs Missing in
Gulf of Mexico: US Coast Guard,"
AFP via Yahoo!, August 31, 2005
Air Pollution
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