I kept saying to myself the pumps can’t be working. I live not far from a drainage canal and I saw it overflowing. I felt betrayed once again, having little faith in the drainage system. This is not normal. It has failed us too many times in the past. Knowing this, I also knew no one was coming to help us but us.
The Southeast United States is the largest sourcing area for the wood pellets used in electric plants in the UK.
Recent actions by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the results of the November Miss. Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting are both relevant to the Pearl River and the threat posed to it by the One Lake project in Jackson, Ms.
Recently I attended a beautiful All Saints Day ceremony on the East Bank of St James Parish, hosted by the local grassroots organization Inclusive Louisiana. We were gathered to honor the life and contributions of Zilia “Mama Dutt” Johnson, a midwife who served the community of Romeville for decades and helped countless mothers deliver children …
A new whitepaper was issued by Healthy Gulf’s Community Science Director, Scott Eustis.
Community faces long road to recovery after devastating hurricane, environmental racism
A September algae bloom on Eubanks Creek in Jackson, sparked by a sewage spill, shows what is happening on the Pearl River’s urban tributaries. The implications for the Rankin Hinds Drainage District’s One Lake plan are that nutrients from the urban creeks are easily captured in a wide, slow flowing lake section made by dredging and further damming the Pearl River. If Jackson’s sewage issues are not addressed, the lake can grow the same kind of harmful algae blooms as Eubanks Creek.
This Guest Blog was contributed by Roddy Hughes, a Senior Campaign Representative for Sierra Club’s Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign. Photos by Naomi Yoder, Healthy Gulf’s Staff Scientist.
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