Environmental Justice

A new report explores how people of color are “sidelined” in the fight against climate change—despite the fact that they disproportionately suffer more from its effects.

For more than two years, Indigenous water protectors, Black residents of “Cancer Alley,” Atchafalaya Basin landowners and others have been protesting, suing and, in some cases, doing felony-level direct action, to halt the completion of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana. Here’s the harsh reality of fighting the inevitable in the bayou.

Championed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the plan seeks to eliminate income inequality and support communities of color.

New research shows that the health risks—including cancer—multiply for people living at or near the poverty level.

The completed pipeline would expose Black communities along its path to dangerous levels of pollution, says the NAACP.

Co-host Mustafa Santiago Ali: “‘Think 100%’ comes at a crucial time for our communities now and for future generations.”

An investigative analysis by The New York Times finds a steep decrease in enforcement under the Trump administration.

ExxonMobil acknowledged that two of its refineries were damaged, and there was an unrelated pipeline leak. 

The five plants will bring jobs to the area—but they will also cause a rise in pollution for the predominantly Black community.