ray levy uyeda

ray levy uyeda

ray levy uyeda is a staff reporter at Prism, focusing on environmental and climate justice.

145 posts
Black residents’ lawsuit against Louisiana parish may proceed, judge rules
Climate & Environment

Black residents’ lawsuit against Louisiana parish may proceed, judge rules

Community organizations allege that St. James Parish has discriminated against Black residents by allowing chemical facilities in majority Black areas, dubbed “Cancer Alley”

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Indigenous communities are hard at work restoring a relative: the buffalo
Climate & Environment

Indigenous communities are hard at work restoring a relative: the buffalo

Back from the brink of extinction, buffalo are at the center of an ecological revolution led by Indigenous leaders

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9 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Louisiana is ground zero for an emerging horror: geological landfills
Climate & Environment

Louisiana is ground zero for an emerging horror: geological landfills

Carbon capture and sequestration, the technology of capturing carbon and storing it underground forever, is unproven and dangerous. Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states may soon house almost 40% of the country’s sequestered carbon dioxide

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9 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen’s case ends in mistrial
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen’s case ends in mistrial

South Dakota prosecutors have 45 days to declare their intent to retry Tilsen, founder and CEO of NDN Collective

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2 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
‘Politically motivated’ case against Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen goes to trial
Crime, Reform & Abolition

‘Politically motivated’ case against Indigenous leader Nick Tilsen goes to trial

Tilsen, whose trial starts on Jan. 26, told Prism that officials in South Dakota are attempting to suppress Indigenous liberation movements

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
The Superfund program promises to clean up polluted lands. Does it?
Climate & Environment

The Superfund program promises to clean up polluted lands. Does it?

Over 400,000 Indigenous peoples live within three miles of a heavily contaminated site, including 19 superfund sites on tribal lands

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12 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Important climate stories you may have overlooked this year
Climate & Environment

Important climate stories you may have overlooked this year

Trump’s dismantling of bedrock environmental protections is just one facet of the administration’s wide-ranging attacks on the planet

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Government shutdown leaves farmers and families fighting for relief
Climate & Environment

Government shutdown leaves farmers and families fighting for relief

USDA and nutrition program delays created hurdles during the weekslong shutdown

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Why doesn’t the ‘right to life’ apply to climate change?
Climate & Environment

Why doesn’t the ‘right to life’ apply to climate change?

The political right argues that fetuses have constitutional rights, while advocating for policies that spew carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere, killing the Earth and harming humans

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6 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
‘River of Grass’ isn’t your typical environmental documentary
Climate & Environment

‘River of Grass’ isn’t your typical environmental documentary

The “liquid heart” of Florida is the Everglades, says filmmaker Sasha Wortzel, and colonial violence is killing it

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4 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Hawai‘i residents challenge U.S. military over leases on sacred lands
Climate & Environment

Hawai‘i residents challenge U.S. military over leases on sacred lands

The coalition of Native Hawaiians and local residents organizing against the government’s operations has only grown since 2021, when a military-owned bunker spilled jet fuel into an aquifer, poisoning thousands of families

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10 Min
By: ray levy uyeda
Trump’s EPA argues that regulating greenhouse gas emissions is unnecessary
Climate & Environment

Trump’s EPA argues that regulating greenhouse gas emissions is unnecessary

The Endangerment Finding, the legal grounding for managing climate change-causing emissions, is the latest environmental regulation on the chopping block

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5 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

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