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“Fumes Across the Fence Line” – Causes and Effects of Environmental Racism“Fumes Across the Fence Line” – Causes and Effects of Environmental Racism

“Fumes Across the Fence Line” – Causes and Effects of Environmental Racism

A study released in November of 2017 produced by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) the…

6 years ago
New Orleans Residents Have Been Drinking Untreated Water Used To Cool Steam TurbinesNew Orleans Residents Have Been Drinking Untreated Water Used To Cool Steam Turbines

New Orleans Residents Have Been Drinking Untreated Water Used To Cool Steam Turbines

New Orleans’s Sewerage & Water Board has been cycling untreated water used to cool steam turbines into the drinking water…

6 years ago
The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlifeThe women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife

The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife

Activists travel past the site where the Bayou Bridge pipeline will cross underneath the Atchafalaya river. Photograph: Joe Whittle for…

6 years ago
14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in US history14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in US history

14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in US history

Photo: An aerial image of an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, taken on April 28, 2018. (Oscar Garcia-Pineda)…

6 years ago
Frogs Are Disappearing. What Does That Mean?Frogs Are Disappearing. What Does That Mean?

Frogs Are Disappearing. What Does That Mean?

Banded bullfrogs, native to Southeast Asia (and not yet endangered), on their thrones of chanterelle, lobster and shiitake mushrooms. Photograph…

6 years ago