This eastern North Carolina community wants worthwhile economic development. Instead, it could be getting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Category: Infrastructure
Posted inClimate, Energy, Infrastructure, Kentucky, Mid-South, Public Health
Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding
Residents say federal agencies and contractors have left them in the dark about public health risks related to a Superfund site.
Posted inClimate, Delta, Infrastructure, Justice, Mississippi
The promise of the Yazoo Pumps
Devastating flooding has revived talk of a controversial infrastructure project in the Mississippi Delta, but it might not help the communities that need it most.
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.
Posted inClimate, Energy, Infrastructure, Justice, Land, Water
POWERLINES—Call for submissions
Examining the intersection of climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South.
Posted inBlack Belt, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Justice
These lessons from rural Africa could help eradicate poverty-related tropical diseases in the U.S. South
Experts look to successes in developing nations to learn how to stop the spread of neglected tropical diseases in the U.S. South.