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Black “Cancer Alley” Residents Win Key Ruling in Environmental Racism Case
The decision “recognizes what is at stake … [a] public health emergency that originated in slavery,” said an attorney.
Big Tech Data Centers Compound Decades of Environmental Racism in the South
The American South has long been a site of both corporate extraction and fierce political resistance.
Activists From “Cancer Alley” Launch US Tour to Confront Fossil Fuel Financiers
The “Toxic Billionaire Tour” targets the financial backers of natural gas projects that have devastated the region.
New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry
Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
Plans for a Majorly Polluting Chemical Plant Nixed in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
A recent report on the plant’s viability warned that fierce local opposition made the project a “bad bet.”
Organizers Fight the Greenwashing of Plastic Pollution With Grassroots Power
While they expect new challenges from Trump’s administration, organizers are going local in the plastics fight in 2025.
Carbon Capture Means More Pollution for Black Communities in Cancer Alley
The existing racial injustices of the petrochemical industry are being expanded in the name of fighting climate change.
Federal Judge Undoes Key Civil Rights Protections in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
The decision may open the door for other states to file similar lawsuits blocking efforts to fight environmental racism.
New Study Reveals Air in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” Is Even Worse Than Expected
The latest data show that EPA modeling has drastically underestimated the levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide.
23 States Ask EPA Not to Consider Environmental Racism When Regulating Pollution
The push could lead to a change in EPA policy if Donald Trump retakes power in January.