Broken Ground

Southern Environmental Law Center
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Broken Ground

Broken Ground is a podcast produced by the Southern Environmental Law Center digging up environmental stories in the South.

  1. After the River Rises

    NOV 1

    After the River Rises

    "Inland flooding" was a phrase that often needed explanation. Now all you need to say is "Helene". The storm that ravaged Appalachia was a stark reminder of a phenomenon that’s becoming more and more common – residents living far from the coast watching as their local river jumps its banks and inundates yards, homes, and businesses. For small towns with even smaller budgets, disasters like this can accelerate a community's decline. But in Fair Bluff, North Carolina, town officials have respon...

    41 min
  2. The Wood Pellet Paradox

    OCT 10

    The Wood Pellet Paradox

    How can a power source that creates more climate warming emissions than coal be called renewable? This is the paradox of wood pellets, a type of biomass being burned at industrial scale to produce electricity overseas. And it’s not just the global climate that’s paying the price for this greenwashing. Pellet producers are fanning out across the southern U.S., razing forests, and wreaking havoc in communities forced to host their polluting facilities. So what happens when one neighborhood deci...

    34 min
  3. The Fishers' Right To Know

    SEP 19

    The Fishers' Right To Know

    Is that fresh-caught fish safe to eat? In too many rivers across the rural South, the answer is a hard 'no.' Failing sewage systems, agricultural runoff, and politically powerful polluters have all contributed to worrisome water quality in some of our most treasured southern waterways. And, too often, state regulators are little help. It begs the question: Do people enjoying that water have a right to know what's in it? The team at Coosa Riverkeeper in Alabama has answered that question with ...

    34 min
  4. The Strip Mine and The Swamp

    SEP 5

    The Strip Mine and The Swamp

    To call the Okefenokee swamp a treasure is to undersell just how special this watery world is. Tucked into the rural southeast corner of Georgia, this 438,000-acre swamp is one of the most ecologically intact places in our nation. Its shallow black waters not only provide habitat to a menagerie of flora and fauna, but also contain a massive peat-filled carbon sink – on a planet desperately in need of one. But now a private company with a checkered past is preparing to mine for minerals on the...

    32 min
  5. Jonathan Vigliotti on Connecting the Climate Dots

    AUG 8 · BONUS

    Jonathan Vigliotti on Connecting the Climate Dots

    CBS News journalist and author Jonathan Vigliotti joins Broken Ground host Leanna First-Arai to dig into his on-the-ground coverage of breaking climate stories across rural America, particularly in the South. Vigliotti translated this experience into the book Before It's Gone: Stories From the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small Town America, published in April 2024.Support the show

    24 min
  6. Cornell Watson on Justice Through Photography

    09/28/2023

    Cornell Watson on Justice Through Photography

    Photographer Cornell Watson's images recognize the camera can be a tool for connection, and action. Whether its pollution from hog farms, efforts to gut Black neighborhoods, or racism at the state’s flagship university, Watson's lens points us to see what so many choose to ignore.Support the show

    30 min
  7. Victoria Bouloubasis and Paola Jaramillo on Bridging Language Barriers

    09/14/2023

    Victoria Bouloubasis and Paola Jaramillo on Bridging Language Barriers

    Whether its natural disasters or shifting political winds, Victoria Bouloubasis and Paola Jaramillo make sure Spanish-speakers in North Carolina have access to it. Ensuring that access fuels their work as a reporter and editor, respectively, at Enlace Latino NC. The outlet uses traditional journalism, podcasts, WhatsApp, social media and comics to connect North Carolina's Spanish speakers to each other and the news around them. Support the show

    29 min
  8. Cameron Oglesby on Collecting Community Stories

    08/31/2023

    Cameron Oglesby on Collecting Community Stories

    Listen to environmental journalist Cameron Oglesby discuss how highlighting Black joy and centering community narratives in her writing drives action. Support the show

    27 min
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Broken Ground is a podcast produced by the Southern Environmental Law Center digging up environmental stories in the South.

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  • Creator
    Southern Environmental Law Center
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Broken Ground
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