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Posted inAppalachia, Climate, Coal, Economies, Energy, Public Health, West Virginia

Steel-making coal upturn brings new mine, old problems to WV community

by Mason Adams October 18, 2021January 14, 2022

Some Raleigh County residents don’t want to kill coal — they just want regulators to force the mine next door to stop making them miserable.

Posted inClimate, Economies, Energy, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health

The oil and gas industry is using Louisiana’s climate task force to push carbon capture

by Sara Sneath October 7, 2021January 14, 2022

The state’s unwavering support of the oil, gas, and chemical industries has made it difficult to reduce emissions, fund coastal restoration, or address extreme weather.

Posted inJustice

Mississippians work to reduce childhood lead exposure as state, feds fail to intervene

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021January 18, 2022

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

by Lyndsey Gilpin September 16, 2021January 14, 2022

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 inClimate, COVID-19, Culture, Public Health, Water

Wild swimming through the South

by Austyn Gaffney September 3, 2021January 14, 2022

How wading through water can be an antidote to climate anxiety.

Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health, Water

A year after Hurricane Laura, southwest Louisiana ‘still in limbo’

by Carly Berlin August 27, 2021January 14, 2022

As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, multiple disasters in southwest Louisiana during the pandemic show how unequipped disaster aid systems are during compounding events.

Posted inEnergy, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health, Water

Offshore oil and gas worker fatalities are underreported by federal safety agency

by Sara Sneath August 18, 2021August 26, 2021

Nearly half of known Gulf of Mexico worker fatalities didn’t fit the agency’s reporting criteria.

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