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Posted inAppalachia, Atlantic Coast, Energy, Infrastructure, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health

North Carolinians battle the $7.5-billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline

by Lyndsey Gilpin December 10, 2019January 14, 2022

This eastern North Carolina community wants worthwhile economic development. Instead, it could be getting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Posted inClimate, Energy, Infrastructure, Kentucky, Mid-South, Public Health

Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding

by Austyn Gaffney December 4, 2019January 14, 2022

Residents say federal agencies and contractors have left them in the dark about public health risks related to a Superfund site.

Posted inEconomies, Housing, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health

As cancer haunts North Carolina communities, residents struggle to find answers

by Kevin Beaty July 22, 2019January 14, 2022

With little research available about historic pollution’s effects on health outcomes, families are left with fragmented data points and unexplained diagnoses.

Posted inAppalachia, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee, Water

Microplastics are changing this major Southern river

by Megan Jamerson May 21, 2019January 14, 2022

With state lawmakers stymying legislative action on pollution, scientists and environmental advocates try to figure out how to reduce plastic waste.

Posted inAtlantic Coast, Climate, Florida, Gulf Coast, Public Health, Water

Red tide, Hurricane Michael push Florida into election hinging on environmental promises

by Austyn Gaffney October 18, 2018January 14, 2022

The economic impacts of a warming world are becoming a key issue for Florida politicians and voters.

Posted inAlabama, Black Belt, Climate, Justice, Public Health

How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 12, 2018January 14, 2022

By focusing on local communities, public health, and economic development, activists start to move the needle on climate change in the South.

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