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Category: Delta

Posted inAppalachia, Atlantic Coast, Climate, Delta, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Mid-South

‘Communities shouldn’t have to rely on miracles’: A conversation with Samantha Montano

by Carly Berlin July 21, 2021January 14, 2022

We sat down with the disaster researcher to discuss her forthcoming book, Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis.

Posted inJustice

The multibillion dollar question: What will it take to fix the South’s broken water systems?

by Carly Berlin April 15, 2021January 18, 2022

The winter storm revealed the fragility of rural and urban water systems. Biden’s new infrastructure plan could help improve them — but it’s only a start.

Posted inClimate, Delta, Economies, Energy, Gulf Coast, Justice, Land, Mid-South, Mississippi, Public Health

Mississippi biomass facility fined for emitting three times more air pollution than permitted

by Sara Sneath February 25, 2021January 14, 2022

Wood pellet manufacturing plants have underreported emissions at plants throughout the South, which are most often in Black and low-income communities.

Posted inAppalachia, Atlantic Coast, Black Belt, Climate, COVID-19, Delta, Energy, Gulf Coast, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health

Election 2020: The stakes are high for climate, environmental justice, and energy in the South

by Carly Berlin and Lyndsey Gilpin October 29, 2020January 14, 2022

A state-by-state rundown of major races and ballot measures, plus resources to check out before heading to the polls.

Posted inAlabama, Black Belt, Climate, Delta, Economies, Energy, Georgia, Justice, Mississippi, North Carolina, Public Health

How Europe’s wood pellet appetite worsens environmental racism in the South

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020January 14, 2022

An expanding wood pellet market in the Southeast has fallen short of climate and job goals—instead bringing air pollution, noise and reduced biodiversity in majority Black communities.

Posted inAppalachia, Black Belt, Climate, Delta, Economies, Energy, Mid-South

Rural Resilience: What communities are learning from the fight against oil and gas pipelines

by Lyndsey Gilpin August 14, 2020January 14, 2022

Do you have questions about challenging pipeline projects? Ask us!

Posted inClimate, Delta, Food & Agriculture, Justice, Mississippi

Replanting roots in a Southern food desert

by Ko Bragg August 5, 2020January 14, 2022

Farmers, activists and city planners nationwide are pivoting in light of the pandemic’s impact on food access. In Mississippi, that also means restoring a fraught connection with land.

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