Environment

October 13, 2005 - (Cross-posted at DKos and elsewhere)

October 12, 2005 - Check out Jesse Jackson's excellent piece in the Chicago Sun-Times, which raises the alarm about the need for progressives to get involved in the fight for Gulf Coast reconstruction:

October 11, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Tracking Katrina Money Proving Difficult:

October 11, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Here's some good news for a change. The New Orleans Times-Picayune is back home:

October 11, 2005 - The New York Times has a discouraging but, I think, largely accurate piece today describing the closing window of opportunity for progressive reform in the wake of the Katrina catastrophe, and why progressives should see this as an

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October 6, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Chris had a great post yesterday on Seven Points for Rebuilding the Gulf Coast. As a follow up to that, here's an op-ed from the Boston Globe (free registration required):

October 6, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal

October 5, 2005 - Darryl Malek-Wiley, a long-term New Orleans-based organizer with the Sierra Club (which down there works closely with labor and community groups), sends me this excellent platform for Gulf Coast reconstruction from his new base in Baton Rouge:

October 4, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Since the first day of his administration, Bush has wanted to open up the Gulf Coast for offshore oil and natural gas drilling. And since the first day of his administration he has been at odds with his brother Jeb, the Governor of Florida, who doesn't want offshore drilling in his back yard.