A little-known but powerful board steers affordable housing into segregated, poor neighborhoods where Black children have little chance to reach the middle class
Category: Tennessee
Posted inVirginia
Why we created a landfill guide for Bristol residents
Our community partners are distributing this brochure to inform more residents about the harmful gases leaking from a landfill in Virginia.
Posted inAppalachia, Justice, Public Health, Tennessee, Virginia, Waste
Air pollution from a Virginia landfill is making residents sick. Officials won’t call it an emergency.
A chemical reaction taking place below the landfill’s surface is emitting harmful gases.
Posted inAlabama, Culture, Gulf Coast, Kentucky, Land, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wildlife
Love bugs
We asked readers to submit memories and reflections about what fireflies and cicadas mean to you. Here are some of them:
Posted inJustice, Land, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee
‘They gave people kibbles and bits’: Black Memphis residents are fighting oil pipeline land grab
The legal battle over the proposed pipeline has become a flashpoint in a national conversation about environmental justice and land grabs by fossil fuel companies.
Posted inAppalachia, Energy, Tennessee
A New Deal legacy, electric cooperatives struggle to democratize and make a green transition
An FDR program to electrify rural America is now beset by expensive coal plants and often-hidebound governing boards, as members clamor for transparency and renewables.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Justice, Public Health, Tennessee
The South’s communication infrastructure can’t withstand climate change
Much of the South’s power and internet infrastructure is decades old, and increasingly failing communities during extreme weather events.