Julie Dermansky, Author at DeSmog

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.

us/Can The Fate Of Dolphins and Louisiana’s Fishing Industry Stop A Massive Mississippi River Diversion Plan?

ByJulie Dermansky

onJun 21, 2021 @ 14:20 PDT

Questions about Louisiana’s plan to save its eroding coast rattle the agency spearheading them.

Inspector General Directs EPA to Update Its Rules for Two Toxic Air Pollutants

ByJulie Dermansky

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.

Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk

Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley

us/Aerial View of South Louisiana Oil Fields Offers Glimpse of Nationwide Orphaned Well Issue

ByJulie Dermansky

onApr 29, 2021 @ 12:30 PDT

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

onApr 2, 2021 @ 14:28 PDT

Girl’s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her family

us/UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley as 'Environmental Racism'

ByJulie Dermansky

onMar 3, 2021 @ 16:27 PST

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

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.

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

onFeb 16, 2021 @ 13:42 PST

“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

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 Trump’s inauguration at The Ellipse, a f...

us/In Louisiana Where Science Denial is Commonplace, Support Remains Strong For Trump

ByJulie Dermansky

onJan 13, 2021 @ 06:26 PST

“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

onDec 30, 2020 @ 06:58 PST

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