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January 21, 2025
The storm is expected to scatter heavy snow around the Deep South as most of the East Coast deals with freezing…
September 12, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in U.S. history, doesn't do enough to protect our most vulnerable communities.
August 28, 2015
Four days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Kanye West stunned TV producers and people across the country when he
August 23, 2015
The tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina comes at a time when we must remind ourselves that #BlackLivesMatter, but black lives…
September 12, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn't spent almost $1 billion…
January 29, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter…
November 16, 2012
(AP) - BP's $4.5 billion settlement of federal criminal charges in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico…
November 15, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government…
September 27, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge gave his final approval Thursday to a $42.6 million class-action settlement between companies…
August 29, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Isaac sidestepped New Orleans on Wednesday, sending the worst of its howling wind and heavy…
August 29, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Isaac pushed water over a rural levee, knocked out power and flooded beach-front roads before…
August 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says residents of the Gulf Coast should listen to local authorities and follow their…
April 18, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Nearly two dozen companies that manufactured government-issued trailers for storm victims after Hurricane Katrina have agreed…
January 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Since their unprecedented environmental disaster on the Gulf Coast nearly two years ago, BP Oil has been…
September 4, 2011
SAUCIER, Miss. (AP) - National Hurricane Center specialist Robbie Berg said Lee's flash flood threat could be more severe as…
August 29, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Monday marked the passage of six difficult years of rebuilding for the region, which is showing…
April 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP released their report today, which explored how minorities have been affected by the gulf oil…
April 20, 2011
OPINION - For 153 days, Gulf communities suffered as their economic, environmental and health care realities were shaken...
April 19, 2011
OPINION - What the Gulf needs now is national galvanized commitment that supports the people of the Gulf...
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As an outspoken activist for Gulf Coast residents, Monique Harden has gained a reputation as the first…