Environmental Disasters
We continue to treat each mega storm like it’s the last one we will ever see. We know that is not the case.
The Arkema factory disaster shows what's at risk with President Donald Trump's industrial agenda.
"Disasters magnify fragilities that are already present in society."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“Air pollution is one of the unseen dangers of the storm," a scientist said.
Over the last 20 years, some 90 percent of major recorded disaster events have been weather-related.
They do it all: sequester greenhouse gases, protect marine life, maintain fresh water and, of course, defend against rising sea levels and storm surges.
The 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig dumped millions of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico and killed 11 workers.
