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Oil billionaire brothers 'partly responsible' for Hurricane Katrina ...
2015-08-28 17:06:30| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Oil billionaire brothers 'partly responsible' for Hurricane Katrina flooding then took advantage of the crisis to 'better their bottom line', claims new report Oil billionaire brother Koch brothers contributed to the flooding after Hurricane Katrina then tried to use it to 'better their bottom line', a new report has claimed. The report , by Bridge Project, is part of a lawsuit claiming the Koch Pipeline Company are 'partly responsible for the destruction of 1 million acres of marshlands and also for millions more acres of dying marshland'.
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No One Is Ready for Next Katrina
2015-08-28 00:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: After the storm, after the flooding, after the investigations, the US came to realize that what happened to New Orleans on August 29, 2005 was not a natural disaster. The levee system built by the US Army Corps of Engineers had structural flaws, and those flaws were awaiting the right circumstances. In that way, what happened was all but inevitable. And just as the storm is not to blame, New Orleans is not unique in its vulnerability. The city endured a lot of tsk-tsking in the aftermath of Katrina,...
Responding to Katrina
2015-08-26 16:35:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Ten years ago, the entire power delivery industry came together to conquer the costliest natural disaster the United States has ever faced. read more
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Katrina Spawns a Decade of Flood Protection Design and Protection
2015-08-24 21:10:07| ENR.com: Headline News
Hurricane Katrina kicked off 10 years of flood protection work in lower Louisiana. Is it enough?
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Hero Firefighter Attends Graduation of Evacuated Girl He Mentored Post-Hurricane Katrina
2015-06-02 07:57:44| Energy - Topix.net
Lolita Guillory was working as a fire department dispatcher in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 and changed her family's life forever. After she and her daughter were evacuated to Opelousas, Louisiana, four firefighters from Houston, Texas, took it upon themselves to help get the small family back on its feet.
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