Let's talk about how Louisiana's industrial sector accounts for 66% of the state's GHG emissions. This week, Cori and Jill do a deep dive into the Louisiana Climate Action Plan's strategies for decarbonizing industry along the Mississippi River Industrial Corridor. Will it get us to net-zero in time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change? Or will it perpetuate the same extractive system that causes climate change? Bonus content: Cori's gruesome roller derby injury.

CAW CAW to action: sign EDF's petition to limit the production of hydrogen from fossil fuels by 12/12/23

References:

1. https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/CCI-Task-force/CAP/Climate_Action_Plan_FINAL_3.pdf

2. LSU wins $94K grant to research solar power. James Wilkins. Nov 26, 2023. The Advocate Metro section.

3. Perera, P. K. P., & Lam, N. (2013). An environmental justice assessment of the mississippi river industrial corridor in Louisiana, US using a gis-based approach. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 11(4), 681-697.

4. Tarufelli, B. L. (2021). Toxic Air in the Industrial Corridor? An Analysis.

Feeling anxious about climate change? Not sure if your actions will even matter in the grand scheme of things? Join the Climate Pelicans this week for a discussion about the pervasiveness of climate anxiety (you're not alone!) and the power of student movements that we can use to overcome it.

Sign our petition for LSU to divest from fossil fuels: https://www.change.org/p/lsu-office-of-the-president-divest-lsu-endowment-from-fossil-fuels

Sign up to receive updates about industrial facilities applying for permits: https://internet.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/SUBSCRIBES/PUBLIC-NOTIFICATION

Look into your public school's investments: projects.propublica.org/nonprofits

Follow us on social media: @climatepelicans

References:

1. https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2021/08/fastfacts-health.pdf
2. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00278-3/fulltext
3. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/kent-state-massacre/
4. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/yd.20230?casa_token=sD5duKcRbwQAAAAA:vcEce8vE5ywvGKy63Gs-e2LjIdXLvgSs3FEj8S64aP696uGmQFiFgEtbqGVNXxhj5X392AGkzFhUUgA
5. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139702?_gl=1*1vg28lr*_ga*MTE2ODA3ODcyMi4xNjk1NTExMTMw*_ga_TK9BQL5X7Z*MTY5NTUxMTEzMC4xLjAuMTY5NTUxMTEzMC4wLjAuMA..
6. https://www.thedp.com/article/2022/10/encampment-removed-fossil-free-penn-protest-arrests
7. https://www.thedp.com/article/2022/11/penn-endowment-sustainability-message

All US citizens have the right to a clean and healthy environment under the 5th and 14th amendments to the Constitution. This week, Cori and Jill dig into how this does not extend to prisoners in Louisiana, and discuss the criminal justice-environmental justice overlap. This topic is new to the landscape of academic literature, and your Climate Pelicans are excited to bring you some food for thought about.

Original music by Bola

Cover art by Cori Salter

Check out this Reveille article featuring LSU Climate Pelicans!

References

1. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/human_rights_vol31_2004/winter2004/irr_hr_winter04_shoplifting/
2. Neveen Hammad, “Shackled to Economic Appeal: How Prison Labor Facilitates Modern Slavery While Perpetuating Poverty in Black Communities,” Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, no. Summer 2019 (2019).
3. Albonetti, C.A. (1997). Sentencing under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Effects of Defendant Characteristics, Guilty Pleas, and Departures on Sentence Outcomes for Drug Offenses, 1991-1992. Law & Society Review, 31(4): 789–822. https://doi.org/10.2307/3053987
4. Steffensmeier, D., Ulmer, J., & Kramer, J. (2006). The Interaction of Race, Gender, and Age in Criminal Sentencing: The Punishment Cost of Being Young, Black, and Male. Criminology. 36: 763 - 798. 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1998.tb01265.x.
5. Freiburger, T. L., & Hilinski, C. M. (2013). An Examination of the Interactions of Race and Gender on Sentencing Decisions Using a Trichotomous Dependent Variable. Crime & Delinquency, 59(1): 59–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128708330178
6. https://gejp.es.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/sitefiles/publications/FINAL%20PUBLISHED%20VERSION.pdf
7. Prisons as LULUs [PDF] wiley.com