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Behind The Lens episode 54: ‘Targeting Black communities as sites for industrial pollution is environmental racism, and is unacceptable.’

An agreement is reached for a new hotel at the Convention Center, two charter schools are expected to get a failing rating and have their charter removed, and the Coalition Against Death Alley marches to Baton Rouge to protest a Formosa plastics plant.
by Jessica Rosgaard
The Coalition Against Death Ally holds a rally in St James Parish near the proposed site of a Formosa chemical plant, 10/23/19

This week on Behind The Lens:

A deal has been reached to build a new hotel at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Michael Isaac Stein has the details.

And two New Orleans charter schools facing renewal at the end of this school year are on track for an F-rating, their charters in jeopardy. Marta Jewson has the story.

Also, St James Parish residents and activists are marching from New Orleans to Baton Rouge – raising their voices in opposition to a proposed Formosa plastics plant in Cancer Alley.

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