Environmental Justice

It’s a pungent, nauseating smell, so strong you can literally taste it.  For nearly two years, it has blanketed the Eight Mile neighborhood of Prichard, Alabama, a predominantly African-American community just outside of Mobile. [...Read more]

If you want to get a sense of what the Keystone XL pipeline would do to Gulf Coast communities (and which communities will bear the brunt of refining 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day), look no further than Manchester, a neighborhood in Houston’s East End. [...Read more]

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Over five months since the Texas Brine sinkhole first appeared over the Napoleonville Salt Dome, residents of Bayou Corne, Louisiana continue to struggle to be heard – particularly by Governor Bobby Jindal.

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“We are part of America. We are a major city in America, but we do not need to be the sacrifice zone for the nation,” states Houston resident Juan Parras (pictured).

Parras joins a growing contingent of Houston residents concerned about the overburdening of minority and low-income communities in the area with the ill effects of energy production. [...Read more]

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana - A June 14th release of Naphtha – a mixture of flammable liquid hydrocarbon – from ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge Chemical Plant is under investigation for being severely under-reported by the corporation. [...Read more]

Often times when I go to speak, I tell the story of how I became involved in issues involving the Gulf Coast and its seemingly permanent trek down the road of man-made and natural disaster. For me the moment of awakening came on a boat floating around in thousands of gallons of oil soaking into Barataria Bay. [...Read more]

Originally posted on Facebook, April 4th 2012. The week before last I was invited to speak at a Gulf Coast justice leadership summit held in Mobile, AL. While there I had the fortune of meeting and speaking with more than a handful of folks who have been working on environmental justice issues on a local and regional level for many years – some, as long as half a century. [...Read more]

Crossposted from Facing South. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management faces a civil rights complaint for [...Read more]