By Lauren Barth The US House of Representatives passed a $27.6 billion appropriation for the interior, environment, and related agencies at the end of June. The votes and debate on various motions to amend the bill revealed interesting facets of our local legislators’ environmental personalities.
Just weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck, John Sullivan of the Sealy Center for Public Health and Medicine and Bryan Parras of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services were sent to Louisiana to meet with community leaders to find out how the National Institute for Environmental Health could collaborate with local groups.
By Ella Tyler The Gulf Restoration Network and the Sierra Club released a joint report, May 31, titled “The School of Big Storms – the High Cost of Compromising Our Natural Defenses and the Benefits of Protecting Them.”