From small towns to large cities, Black communities who have long faced environmental injustice have spent the last two weeks protesting police brutality and systemic racism.
Author Archives: Carly Berlin
Posted inCOVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Economies, Florida, Gulf Coast, Public Health, Water
Struggling Florida Panhandle towns face tough reopening decisions
The coronavirus pandemic has stalled local economies still reeling from the effects of recent hurricanes.
Posted inAlabama, Coal Ash, Gulf Coast, Public Health, Water
Coal ash pond remains on Alabama coast despite pollution, hurricane risk
Lawmakers and the state’s largest utility have no plan for coal ash excavation at a power plant near Mobile.
Posted inCOVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Public Health
Emergency managers work nonstop to prepare communities for hurricanes during pandemic
COVID-19 response is stretching already thin resources in counties along the Gulf Coast.
Posted inCOVID-19, Energy, Gulf Coast, Public Health
At ‘ground zero’ of BP spill, Louisiana community confronts new oil and gas project
Gulf Coast groups work to keep coastal restoration projects on track and polluting industries at bay during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inClimate, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana
How Louisiana’s oil and gas industry uses prison labor
Incarcerated people are often dispatched to help clean up disaster sites or assigned to work in the industries that fuel climate change.