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Residents of Hampton Roads are demanding an end to the coal dust after decades of struggle. But the road to environmental justice is long and winding, full of setbacks and switchbacks. What does it mean to have faith that change is possible and
There is a new study that could offer more information on the coal dust in Hampton Roads, Virginia. But will it be enough to reduce coal dust? Doubt hangs in the air. The only thing residents know for sure is they want the coal dust gone.Coal
Since the earliest days of railroads in the US, Black and poor residents have covered the costs of the coal and rail industries with their health and well-being. It’s a tax they pay to wealthy fossil fuel corporations, who continue to escape a
Gentrification may be leverage needed to push environmental mitigation in neighborhoods coated in coal dust in Hampton Roads, Virginia. But changes in the neighborhood can also push residents out of their homes. And people wonder – how will th
FriendshipMalcolm Jones and Lathaniel Kirts are lifelong friends who are teaming up to deal with harmful coal dust that clouds the air in their hometown. The source: coal terminals that together form America’s largest coal export system.For
CrosswindsPeople struggle to breathe in two predominantly Black neighborhoods on Virginia's east coast. Toxic coal dust clouds the air in Southeast Newport News and Lambert’s Point in Norfolk, Virginia. The source: two terminals that together
A live panel takes us deeper into themes of housing, race and sea-level rise particular to Norfolk, VA. This panel features Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Monét Johnson and Kim Sudderth. Some highlights: Dr. Newby-Alexander quotes from "Fro
There's still time to register for our 8/5/23 listening party in Norfolk:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-listening-party-wading-between-two-titans-tickets-663010862337?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&u
Register now for our free, open to the public Community Listening Party on 5 August 2023, 4-7pm at the Attucks Theatre, Norfolk VA: tinyurl.com/bdfdtn8uFood, music by Billy Mercury, and panelists Monét Johnson, Kim Sudderth and Cassandra Newb
Register now for the Community Listening Party on August 5, 2023, 4-7pm at the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, VA!https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-listening-party-wading-between-two-titans-tickets-663010862337?utm-campaign=social&utm-conten
“If we are to save our city, we're going to have to throw everything at it.”Different approaches to resilience in Norfolk reflect different ideas about what resilience means. Big solutions have big effects, but leave some residents behind.
“What is gonna happen for us – or to us – with this project?”April lives in Grandy Village in Norfolk, VA. Her waterfront neighborhood floods a lot, but that’s getting fixed with the Ohio Creek Watershed Project. The project is a dream come
A redevelopment flood-proofs a mostly Black neighborhood, but it’s not the families who dealt with the construction, the multiple forced moves, or the chronic flooding who get to reap the benefits of the new infrastructure. The St Paul’s quadra
How are East coast urban landscapes complicated by 1930s home loans? In this short interview, hear how racist and classist redlining policies are just one example of the American home finance system working exactly as it’s supposed to. LaDale
“I have only lived where white folks have allowed me to live.”Historically racist patterns in the housing market are built upon and replicated by new climate resiliency plans in Norfolk, VA.This episode takes us from an early hub for Black co
The ocean is Norfolk’s greatest ally and worst enemy.It bore enslaved Africans to the city’s shore and hid them as they escaped bondage. The ocean supports the region’s biggest industry: Naval defense. And the ocean creeps into the homes of No
A new podcast from The Repair Lab about place, race and power in the time of rising tides. This limited series investigates climate gentrification, sea-level rise and historic processes of racism. The podcast aims to tell the story of these pr
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