In the heart of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’, women community leaders are organizing against a new wave of industrial projects disguised as climate solutions. Through door-to-door canvassing in the predominantly Black community of St. Rose, activists like Kimbrelle Eugene Kyereh are educating their neighbors about the dangers of proposed ‘clean’ hydrogen and ‘blue’ ammonia plants. These women, alongside coalition leaders like Eloise Reid and Monique Harden, expose the projects’ reliance on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as a scam that is designed to secure massive federal tax credits while prolonging fossil fuel dependence and creating new pollution risks. Their fight is both against corporations and a petrostate government where lawmakers have weakened regulations to favor the fossil fuel industry. From this series of grassroots resistance, these women are challenging a powerful narrative that attempts to sell more pollution as a solution to the climate crisis.
