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Smell something, tell something: How Black residents in coastal Georgia are holding polluters accountable

Smell something, tell something: How Black residents in coastal Georgia are holding polluters accountable

Redlining, disinvestment, and lack of political power has made Southern communities of color prime targets for industries that often provide jobs in the areas they pollute.

by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza July 14, 2021January 14, 2022
Comment period open for potential national park and preserve in Georgia

Comment period open for potential national park and preserve in Georgia

The public has until March 26 to comment on the proposed Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve.

by Janisse Ray March 23, 2021January 14, 2022
‘Treated as expendable’: Migrant farmworkers fall through gaps in the rural South’s patchwork health system

‘Treated as expendable’: Migrant farmworkers fall through gaps in the rural South’s patchwork health system

The health care system and workplace safety regulations weren’t set up to help the people who harvest our food. The pandemic has only deepened the problem.

by Timothy Pratt October 7, 2020January 14, 2022
How Europe’s wood pellet appetite worsens environmental racism in the South

How Europe’s wood pellet appetite worsens environmental racism in the South

An expanding wood pellet market in the Southeast has fallen short of climate and job goals—instead bringing air pollution, noise and reduced biodiversity in majority Black communities.

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020January 14, 2022
‘The culture manifests the landscape’: A Q&A with Southern writer Janisse Ray

‘The culture manifests the landscape’: A Q&A with Southern writer Janisse Ray

The Ecology of a Cracker Childhood author talks the pandemic, climate change, and why we need to fall in love with our places.

by Allison Braden September 21, 2020January 14, 2022
For 30 years, Georgia and Florida have been fighting over water

For 30 years, Georgia and Florida have been fighting over water

Georgia farmers are pitted against Florida fishers in legal battle over water rights that’s worsening with climate change — and the case may soon be coming to a head.

by Haisten Willis September 27, 2019January 14, 2022
‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire

‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire

In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades.

by Maya Miller, Samantha Max May 28, 2019October 21, 2020

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