Amid all the other controversy surrounding the "blue hydrogen" plant planned in Ascension, environmental groups also worry the construction could disrupt unmarked graves of the formerly enslaved after finding "anomalies" within the plant's footprint. wwno.org/coastal-desk/2…

Gulf South communities have garnered global attention for their fight against petrochemical plants. Participate this Earth Week and check out more art like this at Climate Justice Art & Action: docs.google.com/document/d/1z6…

After an enormous amount of opposition to drilling and storing carbon dioxide under Lake Maurepas, *nine* bills have been proposed to tighten regulations on a young carbon capture industry that's looking to take up shop in Louisiana. We go over them here: wwno.org/coastal-desk/2…

The oil & gas industry is turning to petrochemicals, the same kind released in East Palestine, to preserve its profit. It’s building out hubs across overburdened communities in Appalachia and the Gulf, hoping no one is watching. But we are.

ICYMI: Like a lot of things in the South, Louisiana’s industrial corridor along the Mississippi River is rooted in slavery. Sea Change’s newest episode – (Plant)ation Country – looks at how Louisiana’s history with plantations has led to a prosperous petrochemical industry. 🧵

New report from Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: An update to their 1990s effort to map plants in Louisiana's chemical corridor & answer the question of who they get built next to. Just like 30 years ago, they say companies are still planning new plants in mostly Black areas. wwno.org/coastal-desk/2…

Read what my 10 yr old daughter Kamea has to say about the pollution in our community. Teen Vogue Vessel Project #beyondpetrochemicals Texas Campaign for the Environment Stop the Money Pipeline @RAN Climate Nexus teenvogue.com/story/cancer-a…

BIG NEWS: We just launched our CCS hub on our website! 🎉 Check it out here: fwwat.ch/ccscam You’ve probably heard a lot about carbon capture recently after President Donald J. Trump and the Biden administration released U.S. EPA’s new rules for power plants, which encourage carbon capture to

LNG may be touted as a 'clean' energy source, but it's not. It’s just a form of #Greenwashing. Big banks are funding this false narrative & ignoring the environmental & social impacts of LNG extraction & transport. It's time for #Divestment #FossilFree gulfwithoutlng.org

Industry can buy off the #lalege but it’s the people that will suffer and see no benefits from these projects. Once again, our health, water, land, and future was traded by many lobbyist and sold tobig industry. nola.com/news/politics/…

☢️ LNG stands for Liquefied Natural Gas, but there’s nothing natural about it. It’s gas primarily made up of methane, one of the more potent greenhouse gases. ☢️ US methane gas exports reverse climate progress, harm consumers, and endanger communities. #BanFossilFuelExports

For some of the most powerful people in the world, today's air may feel like an outlier. But for communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel pollution, it's not far off from daily life. And unless we get serious about transforming society, it will become the trend for us all.

Hard to overstate how important these hearings are. The EPA could soon decide if it will give Louisiana's Dept. of Natural Resources control over regulating wells used to bury carbon (& other planet-warming gases). Here's how to tune in & comment. wwno.org/coastal-desk/2…

Rihanna's foundation donates over €13 million to climate justice euronews.com/green/2023/06/… euronews

"A rapid reduction in fossil fuels, essential to avoid devastating climate breakdown, would have minimal financial impact on the vast majority of people, new research has shown." theguardian.com/environment/20…

A reminder that France was a major global colonizer too:

The US Environmental Protection Agency abruptly closed a critical environmental justice investigation into whether the state of Louisiana failed to protect predominantly Black communities living within the area known as “Cancer Alley.”