https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/13/louisiana-carbon-capture-emissions
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30 #carboncapture projects have been proposed in Louisiana spurred by federal #subsidies and supercharged by increased incentives in the #InflationReductionAct intended to address #globalwarming (to) undermine efforts to phase out #FossilFuels.
#ParisAligned #GreenwashingScience #CigaretteScience #DisposablePlaces #environmentalracism
About five years ago, the #neighborhood started seeing major #flooding. The inundations began around the same time the Alabama Department of #Transportation—or ALDOT—finished widening a two-lane section of #Highway 84 at a higher elevation than before, and residents say the road’s drainage system funnels stormwater onto their properties.
#EnvironmentalRacism #/EnvironmentalJustice #SubsidizingFossilFuels #ExternalizingImpacts #DisposablePlaces #VampireCapitalism
Robert Bullard is on a mission to bring environmental justice to his hometown of Elba, Alabama. The distinguished professor at Texas Southern University has made a name for himself as a pioneer of the environmental justice movement. He’s won prestigious awards for his decades of work examining and unveiling the nation’s persistent racial disparities and […]
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