Environment
AFL-CIO’s Shuler to ExxonMobil: Locking out refinery workers risks deadly accident
September 15, 2021The Beaumont scenario is similar to a fatal explosion and fire at BP’s Texas City refinery in 2005. That blast killed 15 workers, most of them contract employees, and injured 180 people.
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Ese ambientalismo que llevamos por dentro
September 14, 2021Estamos hechos de tierra, viento y agua del río. Si pudiéramos asomarnos a simple vista dentro de nosotros, notaríamos de inmediato cuán natural y cercano nos resulta a los Latinos la idea de la conservación y...
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Repeating racist fears of lawlessness in New Orleans after Ida
September 2, 2021The focus on looting seems both shortsighted and insignificant in the face of risks of illness and death.
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No money for an escape: Working-class Louisianans left behind in hurricane
August 30, 2021As Ida approached, millions of working and poor people couldn’t afford to leave.
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An infamously dirty river is coming back to life thanks to community activism
August 23, 2021Due to sustained community pressure and Earthjustice litigation, D.C.’s Anacostia River is finally recovering from decades of pollution.
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