{"id":253304,"date":"2023-04-17T11:16:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T09:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253304"},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:16:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T09:16:53","slug":"brad-pitt-mikhail-gorbachev-and-the-hurricane-katrina-eco-homes-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253304","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt, Mikhail Gorbachev, And the Hurricane Katrina Eco-Homes Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"253313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253313\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?fit=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/Watts Up With That?\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"253306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253306\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad_pitt.webp?fit=402%2C551&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"402,551\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00brad_pitt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad_pitt.webp?fit=402%2C551&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad_pitt.webp?resize=723%2C992&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253306\" width=\"723\" height=\"992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad_pitt.webp?w=402&amp;ssl=1 402w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad_pitt.webp?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Brad Pitt. Georges Biard [<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>],\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ABrad_Pitt_Cannes_2012_2.jpg\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who is going to pay? Hurricane Katrina victims are still suffering the consequences of Brad Pitt\u2019s catastrophic attempt to turn the rebuild into a showpiece for eco-friendly construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Charity that agreed to bail out Brad Pitt\u2019s foundation for $20.5million owed to Hurricane Katrina victims STILL hasn\u2019t paid up after new homes backed by the actor fell into ruins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global Green has been ordered to secure $10million in two months after it agreed to pay $20.5million in August 2022 to bail out Brad Pitt\u2019s foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pitt\u2019s foundation Make It Right built more than 100 homes for Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans that were allegedly poorly built after falling into disrepair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Green agreed to pay for the repairs without having the money and blamed Pitt\u2019s troubled past as reason why it struggled to come up with the sum&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Alyssa+Guzman+For+Dailymail.Com\">ALYSSA GUZMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PUBLISHED:<\/strong>&nbsp;04:04 AEST, 14 April 2023&nbsp;|&nbsp;<strong>UPDATED:<\/strong>&nbsp;04:44 AEST, 14 April 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nonprofit that bailed out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/brad-pitt\/index.html\">Brad Pitt<\/a>\u2018s foundation for more than $20million owed to Hurricane Katrina victims still hasn\u2019t paid up after new homes backed by the actor fell into ruins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 59-year-old actor\u2019s organization Make It Right built more than 100 homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. But the victims sued, alleging that the homes were poorly built after giving way to rot, mold and structural defects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global Green, who previously worked with Pitt, agreed to pay $20.5million in an August 2022 settlement with the Bullet Train actor\u2019s foundation. However, CEO Bill Bridges claimed the nonprofit was told it would not have to follow the tight 10-day deadline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Global Green was unable to come up with funds, it attempted to back out of the agreement, blaming Pitt\u2019s ex-wife&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/angelina_jolie\/index.html\">Angelina Jolie<\/a>\u2018s abuse lawsuit against him as reason why it was unable to raise funds. However, the company was unsuccessful and has been ordered to pay back $10million in two months and the other $10.5million will be re-evaluated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global Green also faces a contempt hearing on October 2 after the judge lost confidence in the organization\u2019s intervention, according to the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/brad-pitt-charity-mess-katrina-victims-stranded-1235371222\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11969835\/Charity-agreed-bail-Brad-Pitts-foundation-20-5M-paid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11969835\/Charity-agreed-bail-Brad-Pitts-foundation-20-5M-paid.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"253310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253310\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-353.png?fit=634%2C664&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"634,664\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-353\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-353.png?fit=634%2C664&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-353.png?resize=723%2C757&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253310\" width=\"723\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-353.png?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-353.png?resize=286%2C300&amp;ssl=1 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key point to note, these eco-homes were subsidised, but they weren\u2019t gifts. Poor people whose homes were devastated still had to borrow substantial sums of money and help pay for construction. But the price of accepting that charitable help, the homes apparently had to be eco-homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Hollywood Reporter;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 \u201cI just saw what needed to be done,\u201d Pitt told&nbsp;<em>Architectural Digest<\/em>&nbsp;in 2009, two years after Make It Right began, \u201cand I said, \u2018Why not?\u2019 \u201d Pitt, who broke ground on the project alongside former President Bill Clinton, enlisted a roster of Pritzker Prize-winning architects, including Frank Gehry, Shigeru Ban and Thom Mayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In time, though, Make It Right\u2019s beneficence encountered stark reality, both for the new homeowners \u2014 these weren\u2019t gifts; the residents had taken out mortgages \u2014 as well as for Pitt. \u201cWe went into it incredibly naive,\u201d he explained to New Orleans paper&nbsp;<em>The Times-Picayune<\/em>&nbsp;in 2015. \u201cJust thinking we can build homes \u2014 how hard is that? \u2014 and not understanding forgivable loan structures and family financial counseling and getting the rights to lots and HUD grants and so on and so forth. So it\u2019s been a big learning curve.\u201d \u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/brad-pitt-charity-mess-katrina-victims-stranded-1235371222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/brad-pitt-charity-mess-katrina-victims-stranded-1235371222\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"470\" data-attachment-id=\"253311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253311\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-354.png?fit=1000%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,650\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-354\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-354.png?fit=723%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-354.png?resize=723%2C470&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-354.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-354.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-354.png?resize=768%2C499&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps if the focus had been on building good homes rather than building eco-friendly homes, Katrina victims who bought into the scheme would have had a happier outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where does Mikhail Gorbachev, the last dictator of the Soviet Union, fit into this mess?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Gorbachev<\/a>&nbsp;founded&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gcint.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Cross International<\/a>&nbsp;in 1993, and along with Diane Meyer-Simon went on to found the US affiliate,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalgreen.org\/founders\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Green<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 the organisation which Hollywood Reporter claims faces a contempt of court hearing in October. Gorbachev was a busy man after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he worked hard to advance the green movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope Katrina victims find a speedy resolution, they have certainly been waiting long enough. Who knows, maybe the parent charity Gorbachev founded can help make good the Global Green shortfall, by locating some of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/case-vanished-russian-gold-204822\" target=\"_blank\">2-3000 metric tons of gold which allegedly went missing in the wake of the Soviet collapse<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikhail Gorbachev\u00a0founded\u00a0Green Cross International\u00a0in 1993, and along with Diane Meyer-Simon went on to found the US affiliate,\u00a0Global Green\u00a0\u2013 the organisation which Hollywood Reporter claims faces a contempt of court hearing in October. Gorbachev was a busy man after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he worked hard to advance the green movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":253313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818569,691818567,691818568,691818571,691818566,691818570],"class_list":{"0":"post-253304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-brad-pitts-foundation","9":"tag-disaster","10":"tag-global-green","11":"tag-gorbachev","12":"tag-hurricane-katrina","13":"tag-new-orleans","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00brad-pitt-hurricane-katrina-house-settlement.webp?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-13Ty","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":213589,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=213589","url_meta":{"origin":253304,"position":0},"title":"Claim: Democrats Stayed True to Climate Action Because They Resisted Offers of Money","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"15\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The New Yorker claims big oil money started the US partisan climate policy split. 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