Julie Dermansky

About

Julie Dermansky is a multimedia reporter and artist based in New Orleans. She is an affiliate scholar at Rutgers Universityโ€™s Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights. Visit her website at www.jsdart.com.

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On June 3, at the end of a five-day march through stifling heat in Louisianaโ€™s Cancer Alley, activists fighting against environmental racism reached their goal ofย bringing attention to their areaโ€™s...
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On May 30, around 100 people took part on the first day of a planned five-day march for environmental justice in Louisianaโ€™s Cancer Alley. Amid sweltering heat, the march kicked off in St. John the...
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Warning: This story contains images and video of dead dolphins some mayย findย graphic. As anย unprecedentedย amount of floodwater makes its way down the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engi...
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Albert Naquin, Chief of theย Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe (IDJC), often loses sleep over his tribeโ€™s fate as its historicย island homeland continues to lose land at an alarmin...
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โ€œTake a deep breathโ€ is common advice for helping people to relax. However, that advice has the opposite effect on some citizens who live in heavily polluted Louisiana communities along the Mississ...
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With contributions fromย Ashley Braun and Mat Hope. On March 15 droves of students around the world walked out of school to protest politiciansโ€™ inaction on climate change, with approximately one m...
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On February 21, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to uphold approval of Entergyโ€™s proposed natural gas power plant, whichย faces a growing number of lawsuits, and passed a resolution to...
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Updated 2/22/2019:ย On February 21, after over two hours of testimony mostly against Entergyโ€™s proposed gas plant, theย New Orleans City Council voted unanimouslyย ย to let the company keep its permit ...
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After DeSmog broke the news that theย Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe (IDJC)ย was considering ending its partnership in a $48 million climate change resettlement project, talksย h...
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The announcement that the State of Louisiana had purchased land for a resettlement project spearheaded by the Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe (IDJC)ย reached the Tribeโ€™s executi...