{"id":562,"date":"2019-11-06T05:57:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T10:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/?p=562"},"modified":"2019-11-06T05:57:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T10:57:18","slug":"even-louisianas-wealthier-neighborhoods-cant-escape-toxic-air-in-cancer-alley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/2019\/11\/06\/even-louisianas-wealthier-neighborhoods-cant-escape-toxic-air-in-cancer-alley\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Louisiana\u2019s Wealthier Neighborhoods Can\u2019t Escape Toxic Air in \u201cCancer Alley\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.31.35-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-563\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.31.35-AM-1024x920.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"829\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.31.35-AM-1024x920.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.31.35-AM-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.31.35-AM-768x690.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.31.35-AM.png 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Industrial development usually targets poor communities, but Ascension Parish is one of the richest, and most toxic, places in Louisiana. Some residents say the financial benefits of living there outweigh the risks.<\/p>\n<p>After World War II, \u201cyou started to see the aggressive push of industry into rural, predominantly black, plantation lands,\u201d said Craig Colten, a Louisiana State University history professor who has written books about the state\u2019s industrial development.<\/p>\n<p>But Louisiana\u2019s love affair with oil and gas, while disproportionately affecting black communities, has hardly spared white communities.<\/p>\n<p>Ascension Parish is perhaps the clearest example of this phenomenon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.34.03-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-564\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.34.03-AM-1024x744.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"829\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.34.03-AM-1024x744.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.34.03-AM-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.34.03-AM-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-04-at-5.34.03-AM.png 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/even-louisianas-wealthier-neighborhoods-cant-escape-toxic-air-in-cancer-alley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Even Louisiana\u2019s Wealthier Neighborhoods Can\u2019t Escape Toxic Air in \u201cCancer Alley\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industrial development usually targets poor communities, but Ascension Parish is one of the richest, and most toxic, places in Louisiana. Some residents say the financial benefits of living there outweigh the risks. 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