Southern communities revitalize their connection to electric co-ops

A dearth in representation on co-op boards has left rural, black communities without a voice.
‘The Blackalachian’ treks to shed light on the outdoor industry’s diversity problem

From the Appalachian Trail to the Underground Railroad, Daniel White hikes and bikes to highlight racial disparities in the nation’s parks and historic landmarks.
Red tide, Hurricane Michael push Florida into election hinging on environmental promises

The economic impacts of a warming world are becoming a key issue for Florida politicians and voters.

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

By focusing on local communities, public health, and economic development, activists start to move the needle on climate change in the South.

These lessons from rural Africa could help eradicate poverty-related tropical diseases in the U.S. South

Experts look to successes in developing nations to learn how to stop the spread of neglected tropical diseases in the U.S. South.

Your Southern Stories

“The Cahaba is the last of central Alabama’s wild rivers, lined by longleaf pines and flowing freely over spider-lily-cloaked shoals. Dams destroyed rivers like this all over our state, but the Cahaba flows on, a fragile relic of a nearly obliterated past.”

—Charles Miller, Birmingham, Alabama

“Those houses were backed against a crick, which was backed against an unidentified Appalachian Mountain. Wide and green. Near vertical, in my childhood mind. The street behind 806 has since been completely demolished. It was cheaper for the city to get rid of the structures than it was to reimburse tenants for the recurring flood damage. Each time I look at the house on the screen a little fire lights inside me: how close I was to such vertical beauty; how I never took a few extra steps in to explore; how I yearn—with no discernible reason—for that home.”
—Christa Iwu, Louisville, Kentucky

Southern communities revitalize their connection to electric co-ops

‘The Blackalachian’ treks to shed light on the outdoor industry’s diversity problem

Red tide, Hurricane Michael push Florida into election hinging on environmental promises

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

These lessons from rural Africa could help eradicate poverty-related tropical diseases in the U.S. South

Affordable’ energy, yogis + Baptists, & toxic Camp Lejeune

Polluted air, solar co-ops, & sky-high power bills

Red tides, unpaid taxes, & halted pipelines