To apply: Send an email to hiring@labucketbrigade.orgwith a subject line that reads Job Title, Last Name, First Name. Attach your resume and cover letter. Please submit your application by Friday, August 27th. The Louisiana…
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To apply: Send an email to hiring@labucketbrigade.orgwith a subject line that reads Job Title, Last Name, First Name. Attach your resume and cover letter. This position is open and applications are accepted on…
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To apply: Send an email to hiring@labucketbrigade.org with a subject line that reads Job Title, Last Name, First Name. Attach your resume and cover letter. This position is open and applications are accepted on…
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In 2019, Formosa Plastics received land-use approval from the St. James Parish Council. During the process of getting that approval, the company lacked transparency, withholding information about the burial sites…
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Louisiana’s petroleum industry profits from exploiting historic inequalities, showing how slavery laid the groundwork for environmental racism.
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Anne Rolfes, director of the environmental justice group Louisiana Bucket Brigade, got her start in the environmental justice space working in the Niger Delta, where Shell’s oil spills and excessive flaring—a…
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Thirteen U.S. oil refineries released the cancer-causing chemical benzene in concentrations that exceeded federal limits last year, according to government data published by the green group Environmental Integrity Project (EIP)…
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Washington Post: Huge plastics plant faces calls for environmental justice, stiff economic headwinds
The Fifth District of Louisiana’s St. James Parish was never exactly a bustling community — but it was still a community. Then the local landmarks began to disappear. Woodrow’s grocery…
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To apply: Apply through the ACLS Online Fellowship application system. For more information, please visit the Leading Edge page on the ACLS site. For more information on the Leading Edge…
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