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 Universityโ€™s Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights. Visit her website at www.jsdart.com.

onJun 21, 2021 @ 14:20 PDT

Questions about Louisianaโ€™s plan to save its eroding coast rattle the agency spearheading them.

Questions about Louisianaโ€™s plan to save its eroding coast rattle the agency spearheading them.
onMay 12, 2021 @ 10:28 PDT

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.
onApr 29, 2021 @ 12:30 PDT

Can states be trusted to tackle the nationโ€™s orphaned oil and gas well problem with federal funds?

Can states be trusted to tackle the nationโ€™s orphaned oil and gas well problem with federal funds?
onApr 2, 2021 @ 14:28 PDT

Girlโ€™s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her family

Girlโ€™s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her family
onMar 3, 2021 @ 16:27 PST

Human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Councilย issuedย a statementย on March 2 raising concerns about the furtherย industrializationย of Louisianaโ€™s โ€œCancer Alley.โ€ย This larg...
onFeb 25, 2021 @ 14:10 PST

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.
onFeb 16, 2021 @ 13:42 PST

โ€œIt took courage for Senator Cassidy to vote against Trump,โ€ Sharon Lavigne, the founder of the faith-based grassroots organization RISE St. James, said about the Louisiana Republican after the imp...
onJan 22, 2021 @ 13:55 PST

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 Trumpโ€™sย inauguration at The Ellipse, a f...
onJan 13, 2021 @ 06:26 PST

โ€œTheย presidentย has notย conceded โ€” theย president said he has got us,โ€ I heard a voice blare out over aย loudspeakerย as I walked toward theย Louisianaย State Capitol building inย Baton Rouge at a โ€œStop t...
onDec 30, 2020 @ 06:58 PST

The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 is taking on the Black communityย broughtย environmental justice issues to the forefront during 2020. Calls forย dealing withย climate change and environmental j...