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Serving Safer Shellfish: Why The FDA Shouldn't Back Down

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Vibrio Vulnificus, Michael Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Oysters, Food Safety, Cspi, Gulf Coast, Health, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Every summer, like clockwork, a dozen or more Americans with cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV, or alcohol-related liver damage die after eating summer oysters from Gulf Coast states.

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Florida Gulf Coast: A Ponzi Haven?

Herald Tribune | Michael Pollick | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Beu Diamond, John Morgan, Arthur Nadel, Ponzi Scheme, Florida, Southwest Florida, Gulf Coast, Business News

The list of failed Southwest Florida investments keeps getting longer. Arthur G. Nadel faces 15 federal counts in an alleged scheme that cost investo...

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Four Years Later, Let's End the Human Rights Crisis in KatrinaRitaVille

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Aclu, Fema, Hurricanes, Gulf Coast Recovery, Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, Naacp, Human Rights Violations, Obama New Orleans, Infrastructure, Human Rights, Louisiana, New Orleans Recovery, Lower Ninth Ward, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Nancy Pelosi, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, Politics News
Jeffrey Buchanan

The federal government still has a long fight ahead to make good on promises to rebuild a stronger, safer and more equitable Gulf Coast.

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Protecting Homeowners the Right Course of Action

Rep. Gene Taylor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeowner Insurance, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Mississippi, Hurricane Katrina, Gene Taylor, Politics News
Rep. Gene Taylor

In the Gulf Coast, the ever-escalating costs of insurance, post-Katrina, have home and business owners facing daunting prospects for protecting their piece of the American Dream.

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Biloxi Removing FEMA Trailers, Undermining Obama and Victimizing Katrina Survivors

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fema, Mississippi, Human Rights, Homelessness, Acorn, Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, Fema Trailers, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Aclu, Housing Crisis, Naacp, Biloxi, Gene Taylor, Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, Joseph Cao, Advancement Projecy, Gulf Coast, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
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.

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Obama Using New Orleans As Green Blueprint

The Washington Times | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, Barack Obama, Gulf Coast Recovery, Politics News

President Obama's aggressive approach to Gulf Coast recovery has allowed him to put a liberal policy stamp on the region and apply campaign promises t...

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How Not To Respond To -- or Recover From -- A Major Disaster: An Indelible Legacy of Presidential Incompetence

Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Air Force One, Gulf Coast, Reconstruction, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, September 2005, Bush Legacy, Bush Mistakes, National Guard, Politics News
Irwin Redlener, M.D.

The fact is that the recovery from Katrina has been painfully slow. At least 25% of people who lived in New Orleans prior to Katrina have not returned, many now permanently relocated.

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Americans are driving much less; But one area of the country can't get any gas or diesel at all

Steve Parker | Posted 10.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Gas Shortage, Senator Harry Reid, Jingoism, Congress, Interstate Highways, Hurricane Ike, Cars, Atlanta, Diesel, Reuters, Gulf of Mexico Oil, Southeast Gas Prices, Transporation Department, Congressional Bailout, Cnn, Kirk Kerkorian, Southeast Gas, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Living News
Steve Parker

Gas shortages through a major swath of the country? Stations running dry? Welcome Back, 1974! When does the rationing start ... again? Americans are ...

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Navigating the Cone of Uncertainty

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 10.26.2008 | Living

Read More: John McCain, Baton Rouge, New Orleans Recovery, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Hurricane Gustav, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Barack Obama, Gulf Coast, Weather Channel, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

Riding out the storm is one thing. Picking up the aftermath of the storm is quite another.

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Hurricane Ike Upon Us: Cuba, Haiti, Texas Need Help!

Richard Walden | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Philanthropy, Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Giving, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Politics News
Richard Walden

It's hard to pay attention unless you are living at ground zero.

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Ike Forces Gulf Coast Evacuations In Texas

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Extreme Weather, Texas, Evacuation, Hurricanes, Ike, Gulf Coast, Green News

HOUSTON — Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the h...

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Ike Nears Gulf Coast As The Region Prepares For Yet Another Pounding

AP | MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Extreme Weather, Hurricane Ike, Ike, Gulf Coast, Gulf Coast Ike, Green News

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Gulf Coast watched anxiously as Hurricane Ike trudged toward areas still cleaning up after Gustav, with disasters pre-dec...

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Gustav Delivers Glancing Blow To New Orleans

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MARY FOSTER | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Extreme Weather, Hurricane Gustav, Gustav, Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Fema, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds Monday, delivering only a glanc...

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Gulf Coast Braces For Hurricane Gustav

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Gulf Coast, Gulf Coast Gustav, Hurricane Gustav New Orleans, Hurricane Gustav Gulf Coast, Home News

NEW ORLEANS — With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen ...

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Gustav and Wild Turkey: New Orleans Hurricane Update by My Friend Jim Gabour

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.30.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, National Guard, Hurricane, French Quarter, Wild Turkey, Gustav, Disaster, Katrina, Martial Law, Weather, Gulf Coast, Jim Gabour, Hurricane Gustav, Living News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

"It has been three years and a day since Katrina violated this city. We are not yet safe, and the world has tired of our story."

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WALL-E, Katrina and the Art of Vicki Niolet

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 09.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Wall-E, Gulf Coast, Vicki Niolet, Gustavo, Living News
Kimberly Brooks

As we approach the anniversary of Katrina, I celebrate the gift of artists who lovingly reclaim pieces of a cities long torn asunder.

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Gulf Coast Prepares As Gustav Strengthens

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 09.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Extreme Weather, Hurricanes, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — With Gustav approaching hurricane strength and showing no signs of veering off a track to slam into the Gulf Coast, authorities ac...

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Nervous Gulf Coast Watches Brewing Gustav

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and TAMARA LUSH | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Extreme Weather, Hurricanes, Hurricane Gustav, Gulf Coast, Hurricane Katrina, Home News

NEW ORLEANS — On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test e...

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The F Word: Homes not Hearings

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Live From Main Street, Grittv, Flanders, Gulf Coast, Trailer, Fema, Housing Crisis, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News
Laura Flanders

Democrats and Republicans played out a partisan fight Wednesday over who is to blame for housing hurricane victims in toxic trailers. Over one millio...

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