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Julie Dermansky

Julie Dermansky is a multimedia reporter and artist based in New Orleans. She is an affiliate scholar at Rutgers University’s Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights. Visit her website at www.jsdart.com.

Articles by Julie Dermansky

us/Photos: 2024 Was the LNG Export Boom’s Wild Year
ByJulie Dermansky
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DeSmog reflects on some of the major moments in U.S. LNG policy, the courts, and protest in a turbulent year for this fossil fuel.
Sept. 30, 2024. Community near Hermitage Road close to Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG export facility in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Once fully operational, it will be among the largest in the world. Credit: Julie Dermansky
us/Environmental Groups Challenge New Rules on Toxic Air Pollution from Plastic and Chemical Plants 
ByJulie Dermansky
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Federal lawsuit alleges EPA’s rules on ethylene oxide and chloroprene emissions rely on weak industry estimates rather than real-world data on risks to health.
Flare at Shell's chemical manufacturing complex in Norco, LA, during a cold snap on Jan. 16. Credit: Julie Dermansky.
us/EPA's New Rule Aims to Cut Toxic Emissions, but Cancer Alley Air Pollution Could Worsen
ByJulie Dermansky
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Legal challenges could delay the EPA’s ability to enact the measures, which coincide with Louisiana activists' fight against projects poised to increase air pollution.
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
Barbara Washington with Inclusive Louisiana speaks out against the expansion of Koch Industries methanol plant, April 8, 2024.
Analysis
us/See How Louisiana’s Growing Fossil Fuel Industry Threatens Climate and Justice Promises
ByJulie Dermansky
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Despite ambitious talk, state and federal government action on the ground doesn’t always line up.
Billboard protests Air Products’ proposed carbon capture and sequestration project at Lake Maurepas, August 8, 2023. Credit: Julie Dermansky
Opinion
Analysis
Inaction on Climate Change Is a Death Sentence for Emperor Penguin Chicks
ByJulie Dermansky
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Climate journalist’s photographs from Antarctica paint a grim picture for the species’ survival.
A group of emperor penguin chicks stand on snow in Antarctica in front of adult emperor penguins.
us/Activists Decry FERC Rush to Construct LNG Gas Terminal, Say Permits for More Potential ‘Train Wreck’
ByJulie Dermansky
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Aerial photos of LNG terminals and a failing salt dome are reminders that fossil fuel industry activity puts the environment at grave risk.
Three barges fill up at Cheniere Energy's liquefied natural gas export terminal on the Sabine Pass in Louisiana, September 30, 2023. Credit: Julie Dermansky/Flight made possible by Southwings
Opinion
Analysis
us/A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis
ByJulie Dermansky
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Being left off the guest list for a groundbreaking event inspired an investigation into the project’s revolving door.
Mary Landrieu and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
us/Marathon Refinery Fire Illustrates How Industry Goes Quiet During a Crisis
ByJulie Dermansky
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Recent industrial disaster at Louisiana’s Marathon refinery shows how difficult it is to get information during dangerous events.
Fire at the Marathon Refinery in Reserve and Garyville, Louisiana, seen from across the Mississippi River in Edgar, Louisiana, on Friday, August 25, 2023. Credit: Julie Dermansky
us/Louisiana Communities Already Vulnerable to the Climate Crisis Worry That the Expansion of the LNG Export Industry Could Be Catastrophic
ByJulie Dermansky
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Despite the worsening climate crisis and calls to slow down permitting of major fossil fuel projects, the deal to lift the debt ceiling included provisions to streamline the process.
Site of Venture Global’s Plaquemines Parish LNG export facility under construction and the small community behind it, where the Comeauxs live. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Flight made possible by Southwings.
us/The EPA’s Newly Proposed Rule for Chemical Emissions Won’t Lessen the Risk for Children in One Louisiana Community for Years to Come
ByJulie Dermansky
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Administrator Regan claims EPA is “using every tool in our tool box.” Environmental advocates say the agency could use emergency powers to do more.
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
Trish Taylor and Larry Sorapuru protesting the St. John the Baptist School Board’s inaction to protect the children who attend school less than 1,000 ft from a synthetic rubber manufacturing plant. Credit: Julie Dermansky