How To Destroy Texas While Helping The Coal Economy By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A three-part collaboration exposes the state of Texas’ willingness to violate federal law for the sake of the coal industry.
North Carolina’s Military Toxic Waste Negligence By Katie Kosma Highlight A reporter’s North Carolina hometown water supply contaminated millions of people, including her mother and two of her now-deceased brothers.
Prison: A Death Sentence by Poison By Krista Stevens Highlight Nearly a third of all US federal prisons are located within three miles of a Superfund site; 134 are located within one mile.
Living and Dying in Cancer Alley By Michelle Weber Highlight David Hanson, writing for the Bitter Southerner, helps residents of Standard Heights, Baton Rouge, tell their story of a town next to an Exxon plant — explosions, sinkholes, toxic sludge, and a everyday life that has to go on, regardless.
