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Sustainability as Heritage: Black Communities and Climate Justice

Sustainability as Heritage: Black Communities and Climate Justice

by Anna Littlejohn February 14, 2024February 14, 2024

A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. The new facility, which exports liquefied natural gas, is one of several like it along the Gulf Coast — and tmore are proposed for Louisiana and Texas. The U.S. has become the world’s largest exporter of LNG, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heightened demand for the fuel as countries in Europe cut their reliance on Russian energy. But the U.S. expansion of LNG facilities has come with consequences for Gulf Coast residents threatened by extreme weather, and for the planet threatened by greenhouse gases. AP PHOTO / MARTHA IRVINE

Biden Administration delays decision for natural gas export terminal

by Anna Littlejohn January 29, 2024January 29, 2024

Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa on March 11, 2020, in St. James Parish, La. A Louisiana judge has thrown out air quality permits for a Taiwanese company's planned $9.4 billion plastics complex between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, a rare win for environmentalists in a heavily industrialized stretch of the Mississippi River often referred to as "Cancer Alley."

EPA barred from enforcing Civil Rights regulations in Cancer Alley

by Anna Littlejohn January 29, 2024January 31, 2024

A screen grab from Razing Liberty Square directed by Katja Esson.

Climate Gentrification spotlighted in new PBS documentary

by Anna Littlejohn January 19, 2024January 19, 2024

westwin refinery

Westwin cobalt/nickel refinery faces opposition in Lawton

by Deon Osborne January 18, 2024January 19, 2024

In 2023, the United States experienced 28 separate weather or climate disasters that each resulted in at least $1 billion in damages. NOAA map by NCEI.

Record number of billion dollar disasters in 2023

by Anna Littlejohn January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

Strategic location of Stardust Power’s lithium refinery in Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee, Oklahoma Selected for New Lithium Refinery

by Anna Littlejohn January 16, 2024January 16, 2024