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After a Billion-Dollar Oil Disaster, a Louisiana Community Fights for Relief

An oil facility explosion released toxic black sludge across Roseland, Louisiana, leaving residents exposed, cleanup incomplete, and legal action uncertain to provide relief.

Environment

fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

1 week ago

The People Say No: MediaJustice's Advocacy Against AI Data Center Expansion | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

AI data center expansion creates environmental injustice and sacrifice zones, disproportionately harming rural Southern, low-income, and communities of color while benefiting Big Tech.

Philosophy

fromA Philosopher's Blog

3 months ago

Pollution: The Ethics of NIMBY

Pollution is concentrated on the poor, politically uninfluential, and racial minorities, who bear disproportionate health and environmental burdens.

Social justice

fromTruthout

5 months ago

New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry

The petrochemical industry perpetuates environmental racism and stark racial disparities within its workforce.

Public health

fromFuturism

5 months ago

Elon Musk Obtains Permit to Spew Pollution

Elon Musk's xAI data center in Memphis continues to pollute with methane gas, now authorized by a local permit despite previously operating without permission.

fromTruthout

6 months ago

Gulf Coast Communities Take on Insurers Backing Trump-Approved Fossil Fuel Facilities

Local organizers and climate groups have been fighting the expansion of 'methane export facilities' which they say will intensify climate chaos and environmental racism.

Non-profit organizations

Artificial intelligence

fromArs Technica

7 months ago

Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says

xAI's Colossus supercomputer is facing scrutiny for potentially operating unpermitted gas turbines that may worsen pollution in Memphis.

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