December 23, 2020
St. James Parish, Louisiana is a small black community at the end of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, they demand a safe and open evacuation route. Given the level of toxicity in this parish, it has earn the name of Cancer Ally. Photo by Fernando Lopez for Survival Media Agency.
On All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, religious leaders from multiple denominations gathered in a sugar cane field in St. James Parish where evidence suggests enslaved African Americans were buried. In 2018, archaeological consultants for Formosa, a company that plans to build a giant plastics manufacturing facility on the site, discovered unmarked gravesites.
These faith leaders organized and won two major environmental victories in Louisiana
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