Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution

Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution

A major environmental justice case tying slavery’s legacy to Cancer Alley reached a new phase after a judge rejected defendants’ motion to dismiss last month. The lawsuit centers on claims that St. James Parish in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, where many industrial sites are located on former plantations where people were enslaved, violated the U.S. Constitution by pushing polluting industry into Black communities. “In their complaint, Plaintiffs te…

New study finds USEPA massively underestimated pollution in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Measurements of toxic air pollution in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” show pollutant levels far higher than federal estimates, according to recent research led by Johns Hopkins University professor Peter DeCarlo.  Over a month, DeCarlo and his team repeatedly drove a mobile air-monitoring lab from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, through the area scientists call Cancer Alley.... The post New study finds USEPA massively underestimated pollution in Louisia…