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An independent, non-profit publication at Counterstream Media. Media for Environmental Justice.
Joined June 2022
Meet Rae Spriggs — Advisory Council Rae is an environmental researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference. Donate: https://t.co/aWYPtz3G0w
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“The governor and Chairman Dove have canceled these projects in the name of the people, but what are they giving the people in return?” said Lauren Bourg, director of the National Audubon Society’s Mississippi River Delta program. 🔗 Read the full story: https://t.co/YaxnCv6H35
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Residents hoped a new land restoration project would help protect their communities as the land sinks and the sea rises. But this past summer, Republican Governor Jeff Landry canceled it.
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Southern Louisiana is on the frontlines of sea level rise. Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth. 🔗 Read the full story: https://t.co/cfYbttEGiB
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"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricocolorado for @themargin_us
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From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention
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At least 193 chemical incidents have taken place in the United States South since 2021, sending toxins through nearby neighborhoods. See where with our interactive map: https://t.co/mozsnhA8UE
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A toxic chemical fire. A community still struggling to breathe. One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia. https://t.co/mozsnhA8UE
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One woman's reflection on the 2024 BioLab chemical fire and her ongoing fight to breathe, heal, and hold industry accountable.
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“There is a disaster waiting to happen in every community on the margins,” she writes. “In the event of the next emergency, I will not merely seek assistance from others but serve as a proactive resource to aid my community.”
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This very warehouse has caught on fire at least three times in the last two decades. In our latest investigation, Teresa shares with us her own words about the fallout of the disaster that poisoned her Georgia community and sent her to the doctor.
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🧵 After Hurricane Helene made landfall in Georgia in 2024, a BioLab chemical warehouse in Conyers caught on fire, sending toxic smoke through neighboring towns. Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion. https://t.co/mozsnhA8UE
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“I call it a detention center because everybody knows them as detention centers, but they're cages,” said Mura Mora-Villalpando, founder of La Resistencia. “That’s the result of allowing governments to decide who's worthy of what.” Read the stories: https://t.co/QEVEpA2QbD
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In two previous investigations by The Margin, we’ve documented how a detention center in Tacoma, Washington was built in a heavily industrialized area, allegedly exposing immigrants to numerous sources of pollution.
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The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has targeted immigrant communities across the U.S. Masked ICE agents raid neighborhoods and workplaces daily. Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
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For Alaska Native peoples, "climate impacts are making it more difficult to remain on their traditional homelands." Jess Zhang for @themargin_us
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Alaska Native communities grapple with ecological grief as their ancestral lands slowly vanish
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“Mourning Land that Leaves” analyzed how land in Alaska is vanishing due to flooding, erosion, and permafrost thaw. Some Native villages along the Western coast are having to relocate to major cities, immensely different from their traditional way of life: https://t.co/0BmfiJrrgq
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“Licensed to Contaminate” found that city, state, and federal agencies have enabled migrants in Washington to be held in a detention center atop toxic waste for more than 20 years. Thousands of complaints were filed, and many kept hidden—until now: https://t.co/QEVEpA2QbD
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