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Systems of oppression beget systems of oppression

By Alexis Young This piece originally appeared in People over Plastic. In Calcasieu Parish, a little more than three hours away from New Orleans by car, sits the city of Sulphur, Louisiana. The more than 85-mile stretch of oil and gas and petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River includes the

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By: People over Plastic

‘They just abandoned us’

The EPA’s civil rights investigation into environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley was halted. Frontline communities are wondering why

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By: People over Plastic

‘Manifesting a great life for myself’

Louisiana Green Corps equips young workers with the tools needed to improve their lives and their communities

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By: People over Plastic

In the afterlife of slavery

The descendants in Louisiana’s River Parishes confront a new era of discrimination and environmental injustice, but they’re not backing down

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By: People over Plastic

Indigenous activists look to Rights of Nature laws to stop fracking

Indigenous tribes are implementing Rights of Nature laws to establish protections for the land against fracking and other harmful extraction

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9 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Restoring Hawaiian fishponds revitalizes food systems and cultures

Loko i‘a, or fishponds, in Hawai‘i are a chance to wrest food security and culture back from American colonization

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By: ray levy uyeda

Extreme heat increases the need for BIPOC mental health care

BIPOC are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat while struggling with barriers to mental health care

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By: ray levy uyeda

Supreme Court guts EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

Frontline BIPOC communities prepare to fight pollution under a weakened Clean Air Act

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By: ray levy uyeda

Atlanta community members warn of environmental damage from ‘Cop City’

The police training facility will harm the endangered South River and further contribute to environmental racism

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By: ray levy uyeda

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