People living in Bahama Village are using the recent protests against police violence and systemic racism to speak out about how rising costs are pushing them out.
Category: Climate
Posted inClimate, Gulf Coast, Justice
‘It’s a movement’: Generations of Gulf Coast residents protest police violence, racism
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.
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Climate, COVID-19, North Carolina, Public Health, Water
The disaster recovery groups helping rural North Carolina weather COVID-19
Robeson County is still picking up the pieces from two hurricanes. Now the local government and nonprofits are preparing for potential storms during the pandemic.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Indigenous Affairs, Louisiana, Public Health
How a coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic
The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw have long practiced self-isolation and sustainable food production.
Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Infrastructure, Mid-South, Tennessee, Water
How Tennessee fails to regulate high-hazard, private dams
As the climate in the Southeast gets warmer and wetter, dam inspectors and experts say changes in regulations are necessary.
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.
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.