Environmental Justice Archives – Scalawag

In Louisiana's petrochemical corridor, COVID-19 spreads like cancer

by Drew Hawkins December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Already notorious for cancer, the 85-mile stretch of industrial communities from Baton Rouge to New Orleans now struggle to fight COVID-19.

Dissent in the Pentagon of the South

by Taylor Barnes December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

After two devastating hurricanes, southwest Louisiana worries the rest of the country has already moved on

by Xander Peters November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

As the wood pellet industry grows across the South, Enviva targets Alabama and Mississippi for future expansion

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Knock on Wood: How Europe's wood pellet appetite fuels environmental racism in the South

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Sweet (and sticky) redemption

by Maurice Bailey & Nik Heynen September 29, 2020October 1, 2020

John Lewis fought for equal protection. That means tackling pollution, poverty, and policing.

by YVETTE CABRERA FOR GRIST August 28, 2020September 16, 2020

Too heartbreaking to leave, too expensive to stay. More than 802,000 homes are at risk of climate disaster—mostly in the South.

by Xander Peters August 7, 2020November 2, 2020

Filming the end of a town: Environmental racism and abolition

by Alysia Harris June 29, 2020December 3, 2020

Breathing while Black in Mossville, Louisiana

by Danielle Purifoy June 18, 2020October 21, 2020

(Past) Virtual event—Breathing While Black: Fighting environmental racism in the South

by Scalawag Team June 18, 2020October 9, 2020

Ballad of a Land Man: Kentucky theatre takes on fracking

by Kim Kobersmith June 3, 2020September 16, 2020

For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn't safe

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 20, 2020October 1, 2020

'Working sick'—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020

North Carolina's hog industry could turn a corner—for better or worse

by Ryke Longest February 28, 2020September 16, 2020

On Blackness and bad weather

by Ishmael Bishop February 17, 2020October 1, 2020

Gulf South communities say climate justice requires new economic systems

by Emily Carmichael February 11, 2020November 2, 2020

Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding

by Austyn Gaffney December 4, 2019November 2, 2020

Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 16, 2020

What Petrocaribe can teach the Green New Deal

by Claire Ravenscroft October 7, 2019October 27, 2020

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

by Haisten Willis September 30, 2019October 27, 2020

'You will die of old age. I will die of climate change.'

by Austyn Gaffney September 30, 2019September 16, 2020

'Can You Imagine People Ignoring All This If We Were White?'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 30, 2019November 2, 2020

Residents of an Alabama superfund site say it's not their responsibility to be watchdogs

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 2, 2019September 16, 2020

Green From Below

by Zaina Alsous June 24, 2019October 1, 2020

Dangerous conditions may exist in this area

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 24, 2019September 16, 2020

How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 10, 2019September 16, 2020

In Photos: Battle on the Bayou

by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower March 11, 2019October 1, 2020

Fighting climate gentrification with a radical community garden

by Maria Esquinca February 25, 2019September 16, 2020

Lingering long after a storm, mold and mental health issues

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 28, 2019September 16, 2020