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