10 Years After Katrina, EPA's Use Of Equity After Disasters Seen As Uneven

A decade after the landfall and after-effects of Hurricane Katrina triggered calls for EPA to elevate environmental justice (EJ) considerations in its disaster responses, advocates say the agency has an uneven track record because it has improved engagement with equity areas but fallen short of adequate EJ considerations in disaster cleanups. One environmentalist says EPA's focus on community engagement after a disaster has strengthened since Katrina made landfall Aug. 29, 2005, and the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf...