Mississippi Gulf Coast: Defending the Gulf

After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Then, jus… [...]

An episode of the State of the Re:Union podcast, hosted by State of the Re:Union, titled "Mississippi Gulf Coast: Defending the Gulf" was published on August 17, 2011 and runs 51 minutes.

August 17, 2011 ·51m · State of the Re:Union

Summary

After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Then, just as they were starting to get back on their feet, the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster dumped millions of barrels of oil into the water just off their shores. Cumulatively, these events have made environmentalists out of a whole lot of Gulf Coast residents who may not have considered themselves as such… We tell an hour of stories about the fight for the natural world Gulf Coast bringing residents together, both with one another and with unlikely partners—and how, in some instances, that fight is turning out to be exactly what a community needed to survive. We would love to hear what you think about our newest episode, Defending the Gulf. Simply comment below to get the conversation started.

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