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Category: Infrastructure
Posted inAppalachia, Infrastructure, Kentucky, West Virginia
How the infrastructure package could impact Appalachians living with failing water systems
It’s been called a ‘once in a generation’ investment in water infrastructure. But the need still far exceeds it.
Posted inJustice
Mississippians work to reduce childhood lead exposure as state, feds fail to intervene
Experts say solutions aimed at reducing lead exposure from water need to be educational and environmental. Here’s how to protect your family.
Posted inAlabama, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Justice, Public Health
‘Infrastructure apartheid’: Africatown’s fight against toxins, new toll bridge
The historic Alabama town is already surrounded by polluting industries. An impact study says traffic avoiding a proposed toll bridge would only make the air more toxic.
Posted inAppalachia, Atlantic Coast, Climate, Delta, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Mid-South
‘Communities shouldn’t have to rely on miracles’: A conversation with Samantha Montano
We sat down with the disaster researcher to discuss her forthcoming book, Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis.
Posted inJustice
Tap water could be linked to dangerous lead levels in Jackson’s kids. Mississippi isn’t keeping track.
Children with dangerous levels of lead in their bodies live in parts of Jackson with documented lead-in-water spikes, a Southerly analysis shows.
Posted inJustice
The multibillion dollar question: What will it take to fix the South’s broken water systems?
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.