Black farmers, living shorelines, & a carbon tax
Earlier this year, a group of black farmers in Mississippi planted more than $100,000 worth of certified soybean seeds they purchased from Stine Seed Company. Not…
Poisoned water, a black lung epidemic, & flash flooding
When I arrived back in Louisville after six days in Eastern Kentucky, I forgot I was allowed to drink water from the faucet. So thirsty, I…
Livestock waste lagoons, black cowboys, & skeptical miners
The room was packed on Tuesday for a Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality hearing in Pike County, Mississippi. For the second time in two months, residents…
The biomass debacle, West Virginia’s déjà vu, & the dangers of offshore drilling
At a meeting with forest industry leaders in Cochran, Georgia last month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that burning biomass, like trees, to produce…
Climate costs, immigration detention, & more lawsuits
A study was published last week that illustrates why this newsletter exists. The American South, particularly its poor areas, stand to bear the brunt and lose…