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us/UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley as 'Environmental Racism'

By Julie Dermansky

onMar 3, 2021 @ 16:27 PST

Human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement on March 2 raising concerns about the further industrialization of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” This larg...

us/Pennsylvania Families Exposed to Unusually High Levels of Oil and Gas Industry Chemicals, Report Finds

By Sharon Kelly

onMar 3, 2021 @ 15:32 PST

A groundbreaking four-part report by Environmental Health News (EHN) offers new scientific evidence that living near oil and gas development can expose people to a wide array of hazardous and carci...

us/From Pollution to the Pandemic, Racial Equity Eludes Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community

By Julie Dermansky

onFeb 25, 2021 @ 14:10 PST

Higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death have been found in people living in a stretch between New Orleans and Baton Rouge lined with over a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants.

us/Environmental Activists in Louisiana Call on Senator Cassidy to ‘Do No Harm’

By Julie Dermansky

onFeb 16, 2021 @ 13:42 PST

“It took courage for Senator Cassidy to vote against Trump,” Sharon Lavigne, the founder of the faith-based grassroots organization RISE St. James, said about the Louisiana Republican after the imp...

Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Linked to 1 in 5 Deaths Globally, New Study Reveals

By Nick Cunningham

onFeb 9, 2021 @ 00:01 PST

Fossil fuel air pollution is responsible for roughly one in five deaths worldwide, a much higher death toll than previously thought, according to a new study published Tuesday. Poor air quali...

£335: The Price of Tullow Oil's Environmental Failings — and a Boy’s Funeral

By Maina Waruru and Joe Casey

onFeb 5, 2021 @ 16:00 PST

Joseph Loree's 14-year-old son Eliar drowned in 2016 while swimming at an abandoned quarry, left open by a contractor hired by a subsidiary of Tullow Oil.

Photos of the Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley in 2020

By Julie Dermansky

onDec 30, 2020 @ 06:58 PST

The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 is taking on the Black community brought environmental justice issues to the forefront during 2020. Calls for dealing with climate change and environmental j...

uk/Air Pollution Contributed to Death of Nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah, Landmark Ruling Finds

By Caitlin Tilley

onDec 16, 2020 @ 05:53 PST

us/Cancer Alley Community Leaders Are Cautious As Biden Picks Their Fossil Fuel-Friendly Congressman for White House Role

By Julie Dermansky

onNov 24, 2020 @ 20:10 PST

Community leaders long at odds with the powerful petrochemical industry in Louisiana took note when their Congressional representative, Cedric Richmond, announced November 12 that he was taking a n...

us/Anti-pollution Advocates Cheer as Army Corps Reviews Formosa Plastics Permit in Louisiana

By Julie Dermansky

onNov 5, 2020 @ 16:06 PST

Environmental and community groups in Louisiana are elated after what they see as two back-to-back wins in their fight to protect fenceline communities from additional petrochemical industry pollut...

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us/UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley as 'Environmental Racism'

ByJulie Dermansky

onMar 3, 2021 @ 16:27 PST

Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk

Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley

us/Pennsylvania Families Exposed to Unusually High Levels of Oil and Gas Industry Chemicals, Report Finds

BySharon Kelly

onMar 3, 2021 @ 15:32 PST

us/From Pollution to the Pandemic, Racial Equity Eludes Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community

ByJulie Dermansky

onFeb 25, 2021 @ 14:10 PST

Higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death have been found in people living in a stretch between New Orleans and Baton Rouge lined with over a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants.

Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk

Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley

us/Environmental Activists in Louisiana Call on Senator Cassidy to ‘Do No Harm’

ByJulie Dermansky

onFeb 16, 2021 @ 13:42 PST

Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk

Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley

Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Linked to 1 in 5 Deaths Globally, New Study Reveals

ByNick Cunningham

onFeb 9, 2021 @ 00:01 PST

Fossil fuel air pollution is responsible for roughly one in five deaths worldwide, a much higher death toll than previously thought, according to a new study published Tuesday. Poor air quali...

£335: The Price of Tullow Oil's Environmental Failings — and a Boy’s Funeral

ByMaina Waruru and Joe Casey

onFeb 5, 2021 @ 16:00 PST

Joseph Loree's 14-year-old son Eliar drowned in 2016 while swimming at an abandoned quarry, left open by a contractor hired by a subsidiary of Tullow Oil.

Series: British Company Tullow Oil Exploiting Africa’s Resources and People