Inside Climate News Then the beads are shipped to the U.S. Gulf Coast - tens of millions of pounds a year - where they mostly end up in landfills. Mobile alone sent around 600,000 pounds of trash to the Chastang Landfill during Mardi Gras season last year. 9/12

Inside Climate News What's left behind, like beads stuck in stormwater drains, can also cause serious problems. Dr. Benfield said that as the beads break down, they begin to introduce unnecessary risks to the health of both humans and wildlife. 10/12

Inside Climate News These beads and other plastic debris also limit the abilities of low-lying coastal cities to appropriately drain water during rainstorms. Earlier this month, clogged basins were partly to blame for significant street flooding in New Orleans as parades rolled. 11/12

Inside Climate News There is good news. People are working on solutions. I spoke to teachers, professors, and artists who believe there's a greener Mardi Gras in store for all of us. Full story for Inside Climate here: bit.ly/3HXhuZj 12/12

#BlackHistoryMonth: What do you call it when #ALDOT engineers design & build a highway stormwater drainage system pointing downhill toward #Elba, Alabama’s historically Black #Shiloh community--flooding homes and businesses and damaging septic systems? insideclimatenews.org/news/07022024/…

A White House Advisor and Environmental Justice Activist Wants Immediate Help for Two Historically Black Communities in Alabama - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/02032024/…

New from Inside Climate News: The federal gov't is investigating whether the Alabama Department of Transportation and other local officials violated the civil rights of Black Alabamians. One of the White House's environmental advisors says that's not enough. insideclimatenews.org/news/02032024/…

Did you know Birmingham has a landslide risk zone along its southern edge? In 1988, an apartment complex collapsed because of development in the risk zone. I spoke with a NASA scientist for Inside Climate News who told me the risks are only getting worse: insideclimatenews.org/news/11032024/…

He’d said he thought his home would explode. He was right. W.M. Griffice, a 78-year-old Alabama former coal miner, had told his granddaughter that he felt like his house was going to explode, she recalled. Then it happened. 1/11 bit.ly/49XS0Yi

A tanker spilled thousands of gallons of gas into a Birmingham, Alabama, creek after crashing into a guardrail. New reporting from Inside Climate News confirms the company involved, Kenan Advantage Group, has a history of safety violations. Full story here. insideclimatenews.org/news/16032024/…

Victoria Brownworth Because not enough people are following and rting Lee Hedgepeth and Tread by Lee. He's local and on it. x.com/lee_hedgepeth/…

This evening, barring court action, Alabama plans to execute Jamie Mills. Ahead of the scheduled execution, take a moment to listen to the sound of solidarity. treadbylee.com/p/solidarity

Before he’s strapped to the gurney and prison staffers attempt to gain access to his veins, Jamie Mills will likely hear what many before him have — the sound of solidarity. Listen now, only on Tread by Lee. treadbylee.com/p/solidarity

I just interviewed the family of Kenneth Smith, the first person executed by nitrogen suffocation, about tonight's nitrogen execution of Alan Miller in Alabama. Here's what they said. treadbylee.com/p/show-compass…

THIS MAN HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED A BOTCHED EXECUTION IN 2022. How the fuck was it legal for them to "try again"?

This story has everything. A "deceptive" developer, a pair of bonded eagles, a passionate city councilor, a failure of the feds, Snake Handler at noon, and a corgi named Duke. Take a moment to read and share my latest for Inside Climate News from Auburn. insideclimatenews.org/news/20112024/…

Alabama won't allow a victim's son to meet the person who took his mother's life before it suffocates the condemned man to death. But they've saved him a seat at the execution he opposes. Full story: treadbylee.com/p/justice-deni…

“Justice Denied” and the Crimson Tide. open.substack.com/pub/treadbylee… Tread by Lee Lee Hedgepeth Journey of Hope PHADP Alabama Arise Equal Justice Initiative #WillBerry #GeoffreyWest #Alabama #deathpenalty

“A condemned man and his victim’s son are seeking reconciliation as the state prepares to gas him to death. Alabama has turned them down.” Tread by Lee Lee Hedgepeth Journey of Hope PHADP Alabama Arise Equal Justice Initiative #WillBerry #GeoffreyWest #deathpenalty

This has worked hard to codify barriers to reconciliation and valuing of human life at every level of government.