For years, residents in one Louisiana town have fought to cut pollution at a chemical plant next to a Black elementary school. Now, they're at the center of a civil rights investigation, federal lawsuit & new EPA rules. That's the story I try to tell here.
wwno.org/podcast/sea-ch… We not only trace the history of Reserve's struggle but look back even further, to slavery. That was when we laid the foundation for what's now the country's largest hotspot for toxic air - the chemical corridor stretching from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Or "Cancer Alley."