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Environmental Justice

Posted inRACE & PLACE

Knock on Wood: How Europe's wood pellet appetite fuels environmental racism in the South

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Sweet (and sticky) redemption

by Maurice Bailey & Nik Heynen September 29, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

John Lewis fought for equal protection. That means tackling pollution, poverty, and policing.

by YVETTE CABRERA FOR GRIST August 28, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Too heartbreaking to leave, too expensive to stay. More than 802,000 homes are at risk of climate disasterโ€”mostly in the South.

by Xander Peters August 7, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Filming the end of a town: Environmental racism and abolition

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 29, 2020February 10, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL, RACE & PLACE

Breathing while Black in Mossville, Louisiana

by Danielle Purifoy June 18, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

(Past) Virtual eventโ€”Breathing While Black: Fighting environmental racism in the South

by Scalawag Team June 18, 2020October 9, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Ballad of a Land Man: Kentucky theatre takes on fracking

by Kim Kobersmith June 3, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn't safe

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 20, 2020October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'Working sick'โ€”Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

North Carolina's hog industry could turn a cornerโ€”for better or worse

by Ryke Longest February 28, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

On Blackness and bad weather

by Ishmael Bishop February 17, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Gulf South communities say climate justice requires new economic systems

by Emily Carmichael February 11, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding

by Austyn Gaffney December 4, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

What Petrocaribe can teach the Green New Deal

by Claire Ravenscroft October 7, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

For 30 years, Georgia and Florida have been fighting over water

by Haisten Willis September 30, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'You will die of old age. I will die of climate change.'

by Austyn Gaffney September 30, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Can You Imagine People Ignoring All This If We Were White?'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 30, 2019November 2, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Residents of an Alabama superfund site say it's not their responsibility to be watchdogs

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 2, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Green From Below

by Zaina Alsous June 24, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Dangerous conditions may exist in this area

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 24, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 10, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Photos: Battle on the Bayou

by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower March 11, 2019October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Fighting climate gentrification with a radical community garden

by Maria Esquinca February 25, 2019September 27, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Lingering long after a storm, mold and mental health issues

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 28, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Poor southerners are joining the globe's climate migrants

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 21, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Saving Climate Changelandia

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The Water Next Time?

by Danielle Purifoy October 10, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Southern Floods: a regional look

by Matt Whitt October 1, 2018October 4, 2021

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