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Category: Waste

Posted inAppalachia

Virginia landfill ordered to close, but air pollution is still making people sick

by Sarah Wade July 1, 2022July 1, 2022

Bristol, Va. must plan for the site’s permanent closure and follow an expert panel’s suggested improvements. Community members have demanded some of them for months.

Posted inVirginia

Why we created a landfill guide for Bristol residents

by Sarah Wade February 10, 2022February 10, 2022

Our community partners are distributing this brochure to inform more residents about the harmful gases leaking from a landfill in Virginia.

Posted inClimate, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana, Waste

New Orleans has a trash problem. Climate change means other cities will too.

by Drew Hawkins December 3, 2021January 14, 2022

Some neighborhoods went without sanitation services for over a month after Hurricane Ida.

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.

by Sarah Wade December 1, 2021January 14, 2022

A chemical reaction taking place below the landfill’s surface is emitting harmful gases.

Posted inCOVID-19, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health, Waste

‘They think we’re machines but we’re people’: New Orleans sanitation workers reflect a year after strike

by Katie Sikora July 7, 2021January 14, 2022

We caught up with the hoppers who went on strike to demand better pay and safety precautions during the pandemic. They say little has changed.

Posted inCOVID-19, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health, Waste

Watch our mini documentary: ‘On Strike for Everybody’

by Lyndsey Gilpin August 14, 2020January 14, 2022

Documentary filmmaker Marta Rodriguez Maleck spent time with the City Waste Union over the last several weeks, documenting their picket line.

Posted inCOVID-19, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health, Waste

Photos: New Orleans sanitation workers strike for protections and better pay

by Katie Sikora and Carly Berlin June 17, 2020January 14, 2022

Hoppers are demanding higher hourly wages, hazard pay, and PPE during the coronavirus pandemic.

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