• NEWSLETTER
  • DISASTERS
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
  • PUBLIC HEALTH
  • DOCUMENTERS
  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

Southerly serves communities in the South who face environmental injustice and are most at risk of the effects of climate change. We do this by equipping them with the journalism, resources, and information they need to make their communities healthier and safer, to hold power to account, and to have agency over their future.

  • Disaster Recovery
  • Infrastructure
  • Public Health
  • Explore all our stories
  • Resources + Info
  • Collaborate
  • NEWSLETTER
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

Southerly serves communities in the South who face environmental injustice and are most at risk of the effects of climate change. We do this by equipping them with the journalism, resources, and information they need to make their communities healthier and safer, to hold power to account, and to have agency over their future.

  • Disaster Recovery
  • Infrastructure
  • Public Health
  • Explore all our stories
  • Resources + Info
  • Collaborate
  • NEWSLETTER
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Skip to content
Southerly Logo

Southerly

  • DISASTERS
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
  • PUBLIC HEALTH
  • DOCUMENTERS
  • FELLOWSHIP
  • NEWSLETTER

Category: Infrastructure

Posted inJustice

Tap water could be linked to dangerous lead levels in Jackson’s kids. Mississippi isn’t keeping track.

by Erica Hensley April 28, 2021March 15, 2022

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?

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, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Justice, Public Health, Tennessee

The South’s communication infrastructure can’t withstand climate change

by Bailey Basham January 8, 2021January 14, 2022

Much of the South’s power and internet infrastructure is decades old, and increasingly failing communities during extreme weather events.

Posted inJustice

‘The people suffering have to have a seat at the table’: A Q&A with Catherine Flowers

by Lyndsey Gilpin December 29, 2020January 14, 2022

The activist and MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” winner discusses her new book and what she believes needs to happen to achieve sustainable and equitable infrastructure solutions for rural America.

Posted inInfrastructure, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee

This Black Memphis neighborhood is trying to stop an oil pipeline. They’re running out of time.

by Leanna First-Arai September 10, 2020January 14, 2022

Boxtown residents have had little say in the Byhalia Connection pipeline project, which could erase their properties’ value and threaten Memphis’ water supply.

Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Infrastructure, Mid-South, Tennessee, Water

How Tennessee fails to regulate high-hazard, private dams

by Melanie Faizer April 9, 2020January 14, 2022

As the climate in the Southeast gets warmer and wetter, dam inspectors and experts say changes in regulations are necessary.

Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Disaster Recovery, Housing, Infrastructure, Public Health, Water

Floods inundating Appalachian communities are ‘public health nightmares’

by Austyn Gaffney February 17, 2020January 14, 2022

Residents say flooding emergencies highlight the urgency of long-overlooked regional needs like infrastructure investment.

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 Older posts
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

Southerly is an independent, non-profit 501(c)3 media organization that equips communities in the South facing environmental injustices with the journalism, resources, and information they need to make their communities more informed, equitable, and healthy.

Send us a story idea, tip, or note: hello@southerlymag.org

REPUBLISH OUR STORIES

  • Disaster Recovery
  • Infrastructure
  • Public Health
  • Explore all our stories
  • Resources + Info
  • Collaborate
  • NEWSLETTER
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
© 2023 Southerly. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic