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SIERRA CLUB REFLECTS ON KATRINA’S TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXPERTS LIST FOR HURRICANE KATRINA COVERAGE When Hurricane Katrina struck, the Sierra Club already had an extensive network of volunteers and staff living and working along the Gulf Coast. These resilient, dedicated residents began immediately helping people to recover and to rebuild safe and healthy communities. Sierra Club’s efforts have included exposing and forcing resolution to the problem of formaldehyde in emergency housing; community partnership efforts to ensure that hurricane debris was not dumped on low-income communities and people of color; and assisting residents in rebuilding their homes using green building practices and solar energy to save time, money and the environment. To assist reporters in covering the impacts and lessons of Hurricane Katrina, we have compiled a list of Sierra Club experts in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas as well as key national staff. If you would like to speak to any of these experts, please contact Oliver Bernstein 512-289-8618. **** SIERRA CLUB EXPERTS**** LOUISIANA: Darryl Malek-Wiley is the Sierra Club's Representative for New Orleans. He can be a resource for toxics, rebuilding green in New Orleans, environmental justice and protecting communities. Maura Wood is the Sierra Club's Senior Representative in Louisiana. She can comment on oil and gas issues in the Gulf, wetlands issues, coastal restoration and the Louisiana Recovery Authority. Leslie March is the Chair of the Sierra Club’s Delta (Louisiana) Chapter. She can be a resource on protecting the environment by planning for future hurricanes, saving cypress trees, natural hurricane protection and Army Corps reform. MISSISSIPPI: Becky Gillette is co-chair of the Mississippi chapter of the Sierra Club and has led the national effort to expose and rectify the problem of formaldehyde vapors in FEMA emergency housing. Lindsay Huckabee, mother of five and Kiln, Miss. FEMA "toxic trailer" resident since December 2005. She recently gave powerful testimony before a Congressional committee. TEXAS: Ken Kramer is the Director of the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter. He has extensive knowledge and expertise on a wide range of environmental issues in Texas. NATIONAL: Ed Hopkins directs the Sierra Club's Environmental Quality Program. He can be a resource on global warming, pollution prevention, water quality, wetlands, and toxics issues. EN ESPAÑOL: Oliver Bernstein es el vocero bilingüe del Sierra Club y puede ofrecer apoyo en español. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org/gulfcoast If you would like to speak to any of the experts mentioned above, please contact Oliver Bernstein at 512-289-8618 ### |
