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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.

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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.

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.

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Licensed to Contaminate - The Margin From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention

"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricomoore.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social

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At least 193 chemical incidents have taken place in the United States South since 2021, sending toxins through nearby neighborhoods.

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Breathing After BioLab - The Margin One woman's reflection on the 2024 BioLab chemical fire and her ongoing fight to breathe, heal, and hold industry accountable.

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.

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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.”

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.

🧵 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.

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Mindy Ramaker, head of creative at Counterstream Media, shares why you should support The Margin and help bring environmental justice journalism to life.

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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.”

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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.

The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has targeted immigrant communities across the United States. 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.

Mourning Land that Leaves - The Margin Alaska Native communities grapple with ecological grief as their ancestral lands slowly vanish

For Alaska Native peoples, "climate impacts are making it more difficult to remain on their traditional homelands." Jess Zhang for @themarginus.bsky.social

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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: themargin.us/features/mou...

“Licensed to Contaminate” found that city, state, and federal agencies have enabled migrants in Tacoma, 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: themargin.us/features/lic...

Our most recent story, “Deserted at the Border,” revealed how Arizona's farmworker and mining communities could have federal funding stripped away at a time when they face deadly heat and water shortages: themargin.us/features/des...

🧵 THREAD: We’re halfway through our Fall Issue 🍂

So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇

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And now, more than 60% of colonias are set to lose their only federal funding. Not because conditions have improved, but because nearby cities have grown too large to qualify for the dollars under a bureaucratic rule written thirty-five years ago.

🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.

The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.

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And now, more than 60% of colonias are set to lose their only federal funding. Not because conditions have improved, but because nearby cities have grown too large to qualify for the dollars under a bureaucratic rule written thirty-five years ago.