The #breakfreefromplastic movement sends our deepest condolences to our friends and colleagues in the Southern United States who have been displaced by Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms of the last 160 years that made landfall across the Gulf South on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Many of the communities devastated by Hurricane Ida reside in the region known as "Cancer Alley", an 85-mile area with incredibly high rates of cancer due to the toxic air and water pollution from more than 150 oil refineries and petrochemical plants located there. These facilities harm and kill community members while increasing both the intensity and regularity of extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida.

Hurricane Ida serves as another painful reminder of the reality that the climate crisis is here, and the people who are suffering the first and worst damage are low-income families and communities of color. Please join us in supporting relief efforts underway to help those most impacted.