A network of environmentalists has helped more than a dozen counties and cities introduce “rights of nature,” but the movement faces pushback from lawmakers and lobbyists.
Category: Climate
Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Disaster Recovery, Housing, Infrastructure, Public Health, Water
Floods inundating Appalachian communities are ‘public health nightmares’
Residents say flooding emergencies highlight the urgency of long-overlooked regional needs like infrastructure investment.
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Climate, Florida, Housing, Justice, Public Health
Mold, foundation cracks, sinking houses: How a Florida Habitat for Humanity neighborhood fell apart
Experts, lawyers, and residents argue that affordable housing communities should be built with environmental justice and climate change in mind.
Posted inClimate, Energy, Infrastructure, Kentucky, Mid-South, Public Health
Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding
Residents say federal agencies and contractors have left them in the dark about public health risks related to a Superfund site.
Posted inClimate, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Housing, Justice, Texas
How the government fails low-income renters after natural disasters
Renters in Texas are suing state and federal agencies, alleging their policies have had a “disparate impact on minority households.”
Posted inClimate, Delta, Infrastructure, Justice, Mississippi
The promise of the Yazoo Pumps
Devastating flooding has revived talk of a controversial infrastructure project in the Mississippi Delta, but it might not help the communities that need it most.
