Local officials and nonprofits are working together to address residents’ safety during the pandemic, which may coincide with hurricane season.
Category: Gulf Coast
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Climate, Culture, Florida, Gulf Coast, Water
Inside the fight to give Florida rivers legal rights
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.
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Black Belt, Culture, Delta, Economies, Gulf Coast, Land, Mid-South, North Carolina
The longleaf pine was nearly wiped out 100 years ago. Can Southern landowners help it make a comeback?
The future of longleaf pine forests, which are critical to biodiversity, depends on landowners protecting and maintaining them through prescribed burning.
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, Culture, Gulf Coast, Justice, Land, Texas
Climate change is threatening historic African American sites in the South
Nonprofits and volunteers are working to preserve African American cultural and historic sites vulnerable to flooding and other environmental threats.
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 inEnergy, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Louisiana
‘They do not need Louisiana’s permission’: Pipeline companies seize land rights with eminent domain
Landowners say Bayou Bridge Pipeline developers have abused a government power to take property, and offered little compensation in return.