Nonprofits and volunteers are working to preserve African American cultural and historic sites vulnerable to flooding and other environmental threats.
Category: Climate
Posted inAlabama, Climate, Economies, Food & Agriculture, Gulf Coast, Water
With Gulf Coast ecosystems under threat, the seafood industry’s next generation adapts
Oyster aquaculture could support Gulf Coast’s struggling seafood industry, but warming waters and pollution may slow its success.
Posted inClimate, Energy, Infrastructure, Justice, Land, Water
POWERLINES—Call for submissions
Examining the intersection of climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South.
Posted inClimate, Culture, Georgia, Land
‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire
In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades.
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Climate, Florida, Gulf Coast, Public Health, Water
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.
Posted inAlabama, Black Belt, Climate, Justice, Public Health
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.
Posted inAlabama, Black Belt, Climate, Justice
The rural South’s invisible public health crisis
In the Black Belt and along the Gulf Coast, there’s a rise of poverty-related tropical diseases related to poor sewage infrastructure and climate change.