Fast Company Tech

APRIL 19, 2025

Two years and 71 touchdowns later, having made a name for himself, Ward transferred to Washington State, further elevating his national profile over two seasons before declaring for the 2024 NFL Draft. As a Hurricane, Ward was a Heisman Trophy finalist and won the Davey O’Brien Award, given to the nations top quarterback.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Foundations, corporations pledge support for Hurricane Ida relief. Bloomberg Philanthropies commits $10.5 million for UN climate capacity. September 6, 2021 Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $10.5

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 7, 2025

million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. Plaquemines Parish, the southeast Louisiana district which brought the lawsuit, had asked for $2.6 How are oil companies contributing to Louisiana’s land loss?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

After Trump administration job cuts , nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates twice that of just a decade ago as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland , according to data obtained by The Associated Press. Its just that much harder and it puts lives at risk, Placky said.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

The phenomenon was on full display at this week’s Republican National Convention. Microsoft Flight Simulator players are hunting down Hurricane Laura as it approaches the US Gulf Coast. Lake Charles, Louisiana voted 10 to 5 to leave up the Confederate South’s Defenders Monument. Charlie Warzel / The New York Times ).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

While the rest of the nation watched in horror, bad weather turned deadly and quickly wreaked havoc. It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away. Houses were ravaged, and tens of thousands of residents were displaced.

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