think-progress:

What Climate Justice Has To Do With Hurricane Katrina

The tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina will — as in years past — be commemorated by a second line parade to honor the lives lost in the storm and remember that many are still struggling to rebuild. But this year, activists and New Orleans residents want to make the parade the biggest the city’s ever seen, and they want to connect the disaster to the outsized threat poor communities and communities of color still face from pollution and climate change.

10 years later : one quote that sums up the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

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