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Category: Water

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The multibillion dollar question: What will it take to fix the South’s broken water systems?

by Carly Berlin April 15, 2021January 18, 2022

The winter storm revealed the fragility of rural and urban water systems. Biden’s new infrastructure plan could help improve them — but it’s only a start.

Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Justice, Public Health, Water

Field Notes: How we reported our series on Hurricane Laura recovery

by Carly Berlin March 22, 2021January 14, 2022

For seven months, Southerly has stayed on a story that received far too little media attention. Here’s how we did it.

Posted inAtlantic Coast, Energy, Florida, Gulf Coast, Land, Water

Biden’s pause on new oil and gas leases may not apply in this Everglades preserve

by Dean Russell March 9, 2021January 14, 2022

An oil company wants to drill in Big Cypress National Preserve. Laws over mineral rights have complicated the fight to stop it.

Posted inAtlantic Coast, Food & Agriculture, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health, Water

‘We all feel targeted’: Rural N.C. community pushes back against landfill, hog farms

by Joey Horan February 3, 2021January 14, 2022

Home-grown and statewide organizers, scholars, and scientists are calling attention to the sheer amount of environmental hazards near Snow Hill that threaten air and water quality

Posted inAtlantic Coast, Black Belt, Climate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health, Water

The key environmental policy priorities for the South, according to experts

by Carly Berlin January 13, 2021January 14, 2022

Community leaders, lawyers, and advocates throughout the region discuss what they see as the most urgent economic, environmental, and racial justice issues to tackle in the new administration.

Posted inClimate, Economies, Energy, Justice, Land, Water

Covering Your Climate: The South

by Lyndsey Gilpin January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

This project with the Society of Environmental Journalists is designed to help journalists cover the impacts of climate change in their region.

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‘The people suffering have to have a seat at the table’: A Q&A with Catherine Flowers

by Lyndsey Gilpin December 29, 2020January 14, 2022

The activist and MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” winner discusses her new book and what she believes needs to happen to achieve sustainable and equitable infrastructure solutions for rural America.

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