A neighborhood that rebuilt from catastrophe is now facing a new threat—the Port NOLA grain terminal, freight trains, grain dust, and a project pushed forward without their consent. The trains are coming back to the Lower Ninth Ward, not as a symbol of progress, but as a warning that once again, New Orleans’ most resilient […]
If you’ve lived in New Orleans for more than a week, you’ve likely hit a pothole that could swallow a bike—or watched a perfectly good street get torn up for the fifth time in two years. Locals joke about “potholes big enough to throw a second line in,” but beneath the humor is real frustration. […]
Following his Journey to Justice Tour, US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan announced on Wednesday that the agency will begin taking action to bring some environmental justice to Louisiana's more vulnerable communities.
Air pollution is a clear contributing factor to Louisiana's high cancer rates, particularly in marginalized and poorer rural communities such as the area known as "Cancer Alley," says a new study from Tulane University.
On Monday night, activist from the Stop Formosa Plastics Coalition projected slogans including, "#BreakFreeFromPlastic," "No Community Is Disposable," "Libérate del Plástico," "Environmental Justice = No New Plastic" and a skull and crossbones onto the Superdome. They join activist groups in cities across the U.S. including Washington D.C., San Francisco, Houston, Portland, and Pittsburgh who projected […]
In response to a series of letters from the Loyola Law School Human Rights Advocacy Project and members of the Stop Formosa Plastics Coalition including RISE St. James, CIEL, and Healthy Gulf, UN experts on Contemporary Forms of Racism condemned the environmental racism in Cancer Alley, declaring that it "must end." The experts specifically cited the […]
Thursday, September 5—The Newcomb Museum hosted an opening reception for two new exhibits focusing on Environmental racism. One exhibit, by artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier, focused on the ongoing Flint water crisis (“Flint is Family”). However, the other focused on an issue here in New Orleans: Gordon Plaza. The exhibit is called “The American […]
“I want a dyke for president. I want a person with aids for president and I want a fag for vice president and I want someone with no health insurance and I want someone who grew up in a place where the earth is so saturated with toxic waste that they didn’t have a […]
Injustice. The word holds weight. People will ban together and stomp out clear-cut injustice – but what about when it is hazy? The slow leaching of pollutants into the air and water offers such a hazy, smoggy, situation, as the effects are insidious and can take decades to fully manifest. Environmental hazards seem to be […]
Go to Page