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Julie Dermansky

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

Inspector General Directs EPA to Update Its Rules for Two Toxic Air Pollutants
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A Louisiana Cancer Alley community group responded by petitioning the EPA to take emergency action to reduce carcinogenic emissions.

A Louisiana Cancer Alley community group responded by petitioning the EPA to take emergency action to reduce carcinogenic emissions.
Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
An older Black man in a medical mask holds an orange sign with text 'Denka Dupont stop killing us'
us/Aerial View of South Louisiana Oil Fields Offers Glimpse of Nationwide Orphaned Well Issue
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Can states be trusted to tackle the nation’s orphaned oil and gas well problem with federal funds?

Can states be trusted to tackle the nation’s orphaned oil and gas well problem with federal funds?
us/Father of Teen Killed in Oil Tank Explosion Pushing for New Louisiana Safety Measures
ByJulie Dermansky
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Girl’s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her family

Girl’s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her family
Maxwell Smith filled with grief over his daughter's death.
us/UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley as 'Environmental Racism'
ByJulie Dermansky
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Human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement on March 2 raising concerns about the further industrialization of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” This larg...
Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
us/From Pollution to the Pandemic, Racial Equity Eludes Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community
ByJulie Dermansky
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Higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death have been found in people living in a stretch between New Orleans and Baton Rouge lined with over a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants.

Higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death have been found in people living in a stretch between New Orleans and Baton Rouge lined with over a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants.
Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
us/Environmental Activists in Louisiana Call on Senator Cassidy to ‘Do No Harm’
ByJulie Dermansky
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“It took courage for Senator Cassidy to vote against Trump,” Sharon Lavigne, the founder of the faith-based grassroots organization RISE St. James, said about the Louisiana Republican after the imp...
Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
us/Scenes from a Locked-Down Washington D.C. as Biden Takes the Reins
ByJulie Dermansky
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A few hours before President Joe Biden was inaugurated, I talked to a supporter of President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. who was on her way to celebrate Trump’s inauguration at The Ellipse, a f...
us/In Louisiana Where Science Denial is Commonplace, Support Remains Strong For Trump
ByJulie Dermansky
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“The president has not conceded — the president said he has got us,” I heard a voice blare out over a loudspeaker as I walked toward the Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge at a “Stop t...
Photos of the Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley in 2020
ByJulie Dermansky
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The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 is taking on the Black community brought environmental justice issues to the forefront during 2020. Calls for dealing with climate change and environmental j...
Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
2020 Gulf Coast Hurricane Season in Photos: From the Front Lines of Climate Change
ByJulie Dermansky
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The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season had a record-breaking 30 named storms, so many that the National Hurricane Center ran through the standard list of names and moved on to the Greek alphabet with o...

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