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Coastal scientists said the Mid-Barataria Sediment Division was Louisiana’s only long-term solution capable of withstanding climate change. Then Governor Jeff Landry canceled it.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Coastal scientists said the Mid-Barataria Sediment Division was Louisiana’s only long-term solution capable of withstanding climate change. Then Governor Jeff Landry canceled it.
🗺️ See how the project would’ve impacted the state with our satellite map: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end
🗺️ See how the project would’ve impacted the state with our satellite map: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end
Meet Rae Spriggs — Advisory Council
Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Meet Rae Spriggs — Advisory Council
Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.
Donate: the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.
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Southern Louisiana is on the frontlines of sea level rise.
Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
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Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Southern Louisiana is on the frontlines of sea level rise.
Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
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Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Meet Megan Ahearn with Ode Partners, the creative force bringing The Margin’s stories to life.
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"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricomoore.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social
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Licensed to Contaminate - The Margin
From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention
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November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricomoore.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social
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At least 193 chemical incidents have taken place in the United States South since 2021, sending toxins through nearby neighborhoods.
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See where with our interactive map: themargin.us/features/bre...
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At least 193 chemical incidents have taken place in the United States South since 2021, sending toxins through nearby neighborhoods.
See where with our interactive map: themargin.us/features/bre...
See where with our interactive map: themargin.us/features/bre...
Trey Walk, Editor at The Margin, shares how a donation to The Margin supports "journalism that actually gets results and holds power to account."
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November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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A toxic chemical fire. A community still struggling to breathe.
One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
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One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
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Breathing After BioLab - The Margin
One woman's reflection on the 2024 BioLab chemical fire and her ongoing fight to breathe, heal, and hold industry accountable.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A toxic chemical fire. A community still struggling to breathe.
One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
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One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
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🧵 After Hurricane Helene made landfall in Georgia in 2024, a BioLab chemical warehouse in Conyers caught on fire, sending toxic smoke through neighboring towns.
Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🧵 After Hurricane Helene made landfall in Georgia in 2024, a BioLab chemical warehouse in Conyers caught on fire, sending toxic smoke through neighboring towns.
Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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Mindy Ramaker, head of creative at Counterstream Media, shares why you should support The Margin and help bring environmental justice journalism to life.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Mindy Ramaker, head of creative at Counterstream Media, shares why you should support The Margin and help bring environmental justice journalism to life.
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The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has targeted immigrant communities across the United States. Masked ICE agents raid neighborhoods and workplaces daily.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has targeted immigrant communities across the United States. Masked ICE agents raid neighborhoods and workplaces daily.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
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For Alaska Native peoples, "climate impacts are making it more difficult to remain on their traditional homelands." Jess Zhang for @themarginus.bsky.social
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Mourning Land that Leaves - The Margin
Alaska Native communities grapple with ecological grief as their ancestral lands slowly vanish
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November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
For Alaska Native peoples, "climate impacts are making it more difficult to remain on their traditional homelands." Jess Zhang for @themarginus.bsky.social
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🧵 THREAD: We’re halfway through our Fall Issue 🍂
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🧵 THREAD: We’re halfway through our Fall Issue 🍂
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
When a tip comes in about poisoned air or another environmental disaster threatening a community, we can't wait. We start reporting immediately—getting journalists on the ground, fact-checkers verifying, data teams analyzing.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When a tip comes in about poisoned air or another environmental disaster threatening a community, we can't wait. We start reporting immediately—getting journalists on the ground, fact-checkers verifying, data teams analyzing.
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🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
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The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You’ve seen the difference our coverage makes—holding power to account, uncovering untold stories, and keeping you informed. Now, we need you with us to keep it going.
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Colonias in Southern Arizona are facing heat, water shortages and funding cuts. Here’s what residents say needs to change.
In collaboration with The Margin
https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/31/southern-arizona-colonias-climate-water-crisis/
In collaboration with The Margin
https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/31/southern-arizona-colonias-climate-water-crisis/
Deserted at the border - AZ Luminaria
Farmworker and mining colonias in Southern Arizona face deadly heat, water shortages, and federal funding cuts.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Colonias in Southern Arizona are facing heat, water shortages and funding cuts. Here’s what residents say needs to change.
In collaboration with The Margin
https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/31/southern-arizona-colonias-climate-water-crisis/
In collaboration with The Margin
https://azluminaria.org/2025/10/31/southern-arizona-colonias-climate-water-crisis/
In southern AZ, entire farmworker and miner communities are being quietly left behind—facing brutal heat, shrinking water supplies, and vanishing federal support.
We shine a light on the hidden costs of America’s policy failures.
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We shine a light on the hidden costs of America’s policy failures.
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Deserted at the Border - The Margin
The federal government is quietly abandoning Arizona farmworker and miner communities, stripping funding from hundreds of thousands of residents facing deadly heat and dwindling water
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October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In southern AZ, entire farmworker and miner communities are being quietly left behind—facing brutal heat, shrinking water supplies, and vanishing federal support.
We shine a light on the hidden costs of America’s policy failures.
Read the full story:
We shine a light on the hidden costs of America’s policy failures.
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New photos out in AZ Luminaria and The Margin.
🧵 THREAD: When Alfonso Figueroa returns home to Winchester Heights, AZ, and looks around, he sees his community in disrepair: “My place back in Oaxaca seemed better than here. I thought this was an abandoned town.”
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October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New photos out in AZ Luminaria and The Margin.
🧵 THREAD: When Alfonso Figueroa returns home to Winchester Heights, AZ, and looks around, he sees his community in disrepair: “My place back in Oaxaca seemed better than here. I thought this was an abandoned town.”
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🧵 THREAD: When Alfonso Figueroa returns home to Winchester Heights, AZ, and looks around, he sees his community in disrepair: “My place back in Oaxaca seemed better than here. I thought this was an abandoned town.”
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
🧵 THREAD: The Northwest Immigration Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, WA, is built on polluted land that the private GEO Group acquired. Read the story: themargin.us/features/lic...
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🧵 THREAD: The Northwest Immigration Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, WA, is built on polluted land that the private GEO Group acquired. Read the story: themargin.us/features/lic...
🧵 THREAD: The Northwest Immigration Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, WA, is built on polluted land that the private GEO Group acquired. Read the story: themargin.us/features/lic...
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🧵 THREAD: The Northwest Immigration Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, WA, is built on polluted land that the private GEO Group acquired. Read the story: themargin.us/features/lic...
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Even as the land erodes, Alaska Native communities hold fast to identity and hope.
Explore resilience in the face of loss — read "Mourning Land That Leaves" from The Margin.
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Explore resilience in the face of loss — read "Mourning Land That Leaves" from The Margin.
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Mourning Land that Leaves - The Margin
Alaska Native communities grapple with ecological grief as their ancestral lands slowly vanish
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October 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Even as the land erodes, Alaska Native communities hold fast to identity and hope.
Explore resilience in the face of loss — read "Mourning Land That Leaves" from The Margin.
👉 themargin.us/features/mourning-land-that-leaves
Explore resilience in the face of loss — read "Mourning Land That Leaves" from The Margin.
👉 themargin.us/features/mourning-land-that-leaves
Our latest by @ricomoore.bsky.social
Licensed to Contaminate: from city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention at the Northwest Immigration Processing Center in Tacoma, WA
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Licensed to Contaminate: from city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention at the Northwest Immigration Processing Center in Tacoma, WA
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Licensed to Contaminate - The Margin
From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention
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October 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Our latest by @ricomoore.bsky.social
Licensed to Contaminate: from city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention at the Northwest Immigration Processing Center in Tacoma, WA
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Licensed to Contaminate: from city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention at the Northwest Immigration Processing Center in Tacoma, WA
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