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Carl Pope | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

Off the front pages, last year's election is having some wonderful environmental results, and we're making real progress.

Biloxi Removing FEMA Trailers, Undermining Obama and Victimizing Katrina Survivors

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


Jeffrey Buchanan

The Biloxi City Council will vote June 16th on an ordinance, backed by the City's community development office, forcing FEMA trailers to be removed from residential zones by August 9th.

Louisiana's Landrieu Calls for Resignation of FEMA Chief of Staff

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics


Georgianne Nienaber

The four-year anniversary of Katrina approaches in August. Life in New Orleans has not returned to pre-storm "normality," despite billions of federal dollars that never seem to reach the ground.

Three Things Congress (Yes, Congress) Must Do to Fix FEMA

Kelly Caldwell | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics


Kelly Caldwell

Of the many tragic failures of FEMA in the last seven years, those related to housing were among the most conspicuous. And they were caused in part by Congressional blunders.

Katrina Victims Being Forced Out Of FEMA Homes

USA Today | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


Thousands of cottages housing hurricane victims on the Mississippi Gulf Coast will be vacated next month, even though many of their occupants aren't r...

Why The CDC Ignored Formaldehyde Levels In FEMA Trailers

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green


The Centers for Disease Control study (PDF) sounded reassuring when it was made public in 2007. Hurricane Katrina survivors didn't have to worry about...

Louisiana's Landrieu Dogs FEMA and Protects Fourth Estate

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics


Georgianne Nienaber

As a journalist who works regularly in Africa, I take press freedoms pretty seriously.

GOP Defends Businesses Over Toxic FEMA Trailers

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Trailer manufacturers defended themselves Wednesday on Capitol Hill, insisting they're not responsible for FEMA trailers that had t...

FEMA's Trailers: The Cheapest, The Most Toxic

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

Another shoe dropped in the FEMA trailer scandal this week, with the publication of a report pinpointing why so many New Orleanians inhaled such high levels of formaldehyde fumes for so long.

FEMA Draft Plan: Trailers May Be Used In New Disaster

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON — The government may house disaster victims in trailers this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them ag...

Active Illness in Children due to Passive Politics: Is This Another Tuskegee Experiment?

Robin Wilson | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Robin Wilson

The trailers FEMA sent to Katrina refugees were taxpayer-funded carcinogen containers -- with air quality so poor that the agency was issued an order to stop using them due to the high levels of formaldehyde.

FEMA Covered Up Cancer Risks To Katrina Victims

Salon | Sheila Kaplan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was publicly shamed when lawmakers revealed the agency, to avoid lawsuits, put off testing traile...