After years of fighting new oil and gas pipelines in rural areas, activists have scored major victories that cloud the future or eliminate several big projects. Three people who helped lead anti-pipeline campaigns talk about their work and what lies ahead.
Author Archives: Lyndsey Gilpin
Posted inJustice, North Carolina
Apply to our environmental justice writing workshop
Learn about media industry, pitching, how to access public records, and more.
Posted inCOVID-19, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health, Waste
Watch our mini documentary: ‘On Strike for Everybody’
Documentary filmmaker Marta Rodriguez Maleck spent time with the City Waste Union over the last several weeks, documenting their picket line.
Posted inAppalachia, Black Belt, Climate, Delta, Economies, Energy, Mid-South
Rural Resilience: What communities are learning from the fight against oil and gas pipelines
Do you have questions about challenging pipeline projects? Ask us!
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Public Health
Join us for a virtual event about rural resilience, climate change, and COVID-19
Join the Rural Assembly, The Daily Yonder, and Southerly for a conversation about how frontline communities are preparing for and adapting to climate change effects — and how the pandemic is impacting that work. It will livestream on the Daily Yonder’s YouTube page. Southerly editor Lyndsey Gilpin will moderate a panel of local experts from […]
Posted inStaff
Welcome to our new Gulf Coast correspondent
Carly Berlin is a reporter based in New Orleans.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Economies, Justice, Public Health
Tell us how COVID-19 is impacting your community
We want to tell stories of challenges, resilience, and response to the pandemic, and we need your help.