Imagine massive terrorist events inflicting on going pain and loss and everyone just continually cleaning up the mess without anyone asking or talking about what we can do to stop the cycle. And then putting some of the terrorist commanders in charge of our response plans. That’s where we are at with today’s extreme weather event coverage and response. Ours is a world upside down. But it’s not so easy as just blaming corporations and governments. The blame game won’t suffice. From the ground up: the onus is on all of us individually to adapt and lead the change we need to see.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has tapped the former head of U.S. operations for oil giant Shell to lead Houston’s post-Hurricane Harvey recovery effort. Marvin Odum was the chair of Shell for eight years. He retired in 2016. Hurricane Harvey killed at least 82 people, flooded thousands of homes and destroyed billions of dollars of property. It also caused widespread environmental contamination, triggering a half-million-gallon gasoline spill and the release of up to 5 million pounds of pollutants into the air. For more, we speak with best-selling author and journalist Naomi Klein. Here is a direct video link.
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