Tag: climate-change

  • Hurricane Katrina and Environmental Racism: When Law Fails the Most Vulnerable

    When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the world watched in shock as New Orleans was engulfed by floodwaters. Nearly 80 per cent of the city was submerged, over 1,800 lives were lost, and hundreds of thousands were displaced. But beneath the narrative of a “natural disaster” lay a harsher truth: Katrina…