Biden promised billions for environmental justice. Will it get into the right hands?

On a warm August day in rural Louisiana, local residents, environmental advocates and utility representatives packed into a courthouse for a controversial summit.

News, Climate Change, Public Health, Mississippi NewsJerry MitchellOctober 28, 2022rural Louisiana, Cancer alley, sacrifice zone, Rise St.James, Sharon Lavigne, solar ban, clean energy, climate-related funding, Robert Bullard, Justice40, systemic racism

USDA spending only a sliver of conservation funding on climate-smart practices, a new report finds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $7.4 billion in payments to farmers between 2017 and 2020 through two of its biggest conservation programs, but very little of that money went to practices that help fight climate change, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.

News, Climate Change, Public Health, Mississippi NewsJerry MitchellOctober 3, 2022climate change, climate crisis, crops, USDA, emissions

Clarion Ledger, MCIR investigation for lead in Jackson water reveals broader issues.

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said that extensive testing of Jackson's beleaguered water system revealed a tiny portion of the city had lead in its water, but smaller-scale independent testing by the Clarion Ledger and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting suggests that elevated lead results could be more widespread.

News, Mississippi News, Public Health, TaintedJerry MitchellSeptember 30, 2022Mississippi water crisis, clean water, testing water, health problems, drinking water, useable water, Mississippi spotlight, Clarion Ledger, Major Lumumba, lead in water, Jackson water crisis

Clarion Ledger independently tested 16 samples of Jackson's water. Here's what we found

The Clarion Ledger and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting teamed together to commission an investigation of the City of Jackson's water.

News, Mississippi News, Public Health, TaintedJerry MitchellSeptember 19, 2022Mississippi water crisis, pipes burst, no water, clean water, testing water, health problems, drinking water, boil water alerts, drinkable water, useable water, Mississippi spotlight, Clarion Ledger

Equity debate over millions for flood mitigation in the south Delta

Anderson Jones Sr. has nightmares whenever there’s a downpour.

Three years after his home flooded in the historic south Delta flooding of 2019, Anderson has still not been able to return to his home, which is gutted and infested with mold.

Some Mississippi counties ravaged by flooding shut out of federal disaster dollars for buyouts

Eighty-five-year-old Dale Maxwell says the Eagle Lake community in Warren County has always been home.

Climate Change Impact on Mississippi: What We Can Expect?

Mississippi has 75,000 people living in regions at risk of coastal flooding. An additional 13,000 more could be at risk by 2050 because of the rising sea level, and that doesn’t include residents living inland who’ve already withstood repeated devastating flooding.

News, Climate Change, Public Health, Mississippi NewsJerry MitchellSeptember 6, 2022climate change, climate crisis, flood, global warming, climate disasters, Pearl River, Mississippi river, EPA, government assistance, flash flood, contaminated water

Mississippi moms suffer another grim statistic: The nation’s highest rate of stillbirths

Mississippi once again has the country’s highest rate of fetal death, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.

Come get your free $800 water testing to help you and the state have better water

What do these Mississippi counties have in common? Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Covington, Franklin, Greene, Issaquena, Jasper ,Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Panola, Quitman, Scott, Sharkey, Smith Tippah, Webster, Wilkinson and Yazoo?

News, Mississippi News, Public Health, TaintedJerry MitchellJuly 19, 2022Mississippi water crisis, pipes burst, no water, clean water, testing water, consumer reports, health problems, drinking water, boil water alerts, drinkable water, useable water, Mississippi spotlight

Mississippi After Roe: Poorer Than Ever

Mississippi is already the poorest state in the nation, with many women living in rural health care deserts, as well as the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and infant and maternal mortality of any state.

News, Public Health, Mississippi NewsKatherine MitchellJuly 1, 2022poverty, abortion, abortion ban, Jackson Women's Health Organization, Mississippi abortion clinic, health care desert, Roe V. Wade, single. mothers, the pink house, planned parenthood, Plan A health, birth control

Help us test water quality in Mississippi. Is your water safe?

When two winter storms struck the city of Jackson last year, it wasn’t the snow. It wasn’t the ice. It was the water.

News, Mississippi News, Public Health, TaintedJerry MitchellJune 15, 2022Mississippi water crisis, winter storms, pipes burst, no water, clean water, testing water, consumer reports, health problems, drinking water

Doctors: Mississippi Is Still The Most Dangerous State For Mothers and Babies

Dr. Anita Henderson has her work cut out for her. The health of mothers and babies is her professional concern, and Mississippi remains the most dangerous state for both by virtually every metric.

News, Public Health, Mississippi NewsKatherine MitchellJune 14, 2022Mother and infant health, lack of health care, dangerous state, maternal health care, infant health care, lack of doctos, mississippi, poverty, preterm births, infant-mortality rate, pediatrician shortage, OB-GYN shortage, postpartum extension, health care dessert