Victoria Bouloubasis will cover the intersection of environmental issues and economic mobility in Latinx, immigrant, and refugee communities in North Carolina.
Category: Economies
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Economies, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health
The population of Lake Charles, La. shrank more than any U.S. city in 2020
New USPS data tells a story about climate change and displacement.
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
Wood pellet manufacturing plants have underreported emissions at plants throughout the South, which are most often in Black and low-income communities.
Posted inAlabama, Economies, Energy, Mid-South
From arms to renewables: How workers in this Southern military industrial hub are converting the economy
Huntsville, Alabama is teeming with engineers and STEM talent. Some are leaving the defense economy for the clean energy one.
Posted inCOVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Economies, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health
After hurricanes, it’s harder than ever for Lake Charles’ Black residents to cast a ballot
Louisiana officials and recovery groups have few answers about efforts to reach voters displaced by two back-to-back hurricanes during the pandemic.
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Energy, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee
Frustrated Memphis residents to put pressure on pipeline developers at Saturday meeting
Byhalia Connection developers claim eminent domain, try to buy Shelby County Schools property for pipeline planned to run through a Black Memphis neighborhood.