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All Eyes on the Gulf, Climate, Petrochemicals, Plastic Pollution
In the afterlife of slavery
July 01, 2023
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People over Plastic Staff with files from Alexis Young | Photo and videography by Jay Marcano
Dr. Joy Banner is all too familiar with the uphill battle facing Black communities in Louisiana’s River Parishes. As Co-founder of the Descendants Project, an organization committed to the intergenerational healing and flourishing of the Black descendant community in the Louisiana river parishes she focuses her work on the intersecting histories of enslavement, settler colonialism, […]
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Petrochemicals, Climate, Plastic Pollution
EPA Proposal will Curb Chemical Plant Emissions
May 05, 2023
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People over Plastic Staff
For years, communities living near petrochemical industries have fought to have their voices heard and it seems those years of advocacy are paying off. On April 6th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to curb the emissions of chemical plants in the hope of protecting the public. The proposal would see a 6,000-ton […]
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