Prism (2025)

In North Carolina, Trump administration’s anti-climate deregulation agenda comes to a head

Journalist ray levy uyeda interviews Ryan about new gas pipeline proposals in North Carolina following the federal government’s decision to end decades of environmental justice policy

It’s no coincidence that pipelines and fossil fuel infrastructure are clustered in disadvantaged and politically disempowered communities. In his comment to FERC, Ryan Emanuel, an associate professor at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, wrote that much of the country’s pipeline infrastructure was built before the passage of the Civil Rights Act, in a period of legal segregation and discrimination. This includes the construction and siting of the existing Transco pipeline, which the [Southeast Supply Enhancement Project] will add onto.
— ray levy uyeda
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NC Newsline (2025)