Adam Mahoney

Los Angeles, Louisiana

Climate and Environment Reporter at Capital B

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Trump is Giving These Facilities a Pass to Pollute More. Is Your Home at Risk?

1 week ago | capitalbnews.org | Adam Mahoney

Imagine if the billion-dollar companies that run oil refineries or chemical plants could ask the government for permission to spew more pollution into the air with less hassle than it takes to renew your driver’s license. That’s now a reality. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has created a shortcut for fossil fuel and chemical companies to request exemptions from rules that limit dangerous air pollution, such as mercury and arsenic, which are known to cause cancer and brain damage.
Black Renters at Risk of Displacement Under Trump Administration’s Housing Cuts

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Adam Mahoney |Samantha Borek

Originally published by Capital B. Elisha Fye Jr. grew up hearing his father’s stories of the Jim Crow South. There, Elisha Sr. was born on a plantation in 1918 and one of 14 children in a family of sharecroppers who toiled all year for just $200 and a share of the crops in Vidalia, Georgia. After a violent run-in with a white man forced him to flee to the Army, the elder Fye fought in World War II and then moved to New York City, where he rebuilt his life — and the city — from the ground up.
Black Renters Could Be Displaced by Historic Affordable Housing Cuts

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Adam Mahoney

Elisha Fye Jr. grew up hearing his father’s stories of the Jim Crow South. There, Elisa Sr. was born on a plantation in 1918 and one of 14 children in a family of sharecroppers who toiled all year for just $200 and a share of the crops in Vidalia, Georgia. After a violent run-in with a white man forced him to flee to the Army, the elder Fye fought in World War II and then moved to New York City, where he rebuilt his life — and the city — from the ground up.
Rural Alabamians Lived With Poop-Filled Water for Decades. Trump Just Killed Plans For Relief.

1 month ago | capitalbnews.org | Adam Mahoney

Last April, Sherry Bradley and the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program helped rural Alabama resident Willie Perryman install a septic system in his home for the first time. Since his grandfather purchased the land and homestead more than six decades ago, none of the family’s properties had a proper disposal system for their waste.
Rural Alabamians Lived With Poop-Filled Water for Decades. Trump Just Killed Plans For Relief.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Adam Mahoney

Adam MahoneyTue, April 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM UTC6 min readLast April, Sherry Bradley and the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program helped rural Alabama resident Willie Perryman install a septic system in his home for the first time. Since his grandfather purchased the land and homestead more than six decades ago, none of the family’s properties had a proper disposal system for their waste.
What’s at stake for Black communities when EPA protections go away

1 month ago | capitalbnews.org | Adam Mahoney |Jenae Barnes

From Gary, Indiana’s steel mills to the oil refineries of Beaumont, Texas, and the toxic waste sites in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, Black communities across the country are living with the harsh realities of industrial pollution. As the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations are rolled back, efforts to address these toxic hazards in these areas are jeopardized.
EPA Rollbacks Could Put Black Lives at Risk

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Adam Mahoney |Jenae Barnes

From Gary, Indiana’s steel mills to the oil refineries of Beaumont, Texas, and the toxic waste sites in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, Black communities across the country are living with the harsh realities of industrial pollution. As the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations are rolled back, efforts to address these toxic hazards in these areas are jeopardized.
‘We’re the First to Go’: Black Businesses Brace for Trump’s Tariffs

1 month ago | capitalbnews.org | Adam Mahoney |Aallyah Wright

Vera Warren-Williams started the Community Book Center in New Orleans with $300 and a dream in 1983. In the 42 years since, the Black book and clothing store went from the trunk of her car to a flagship shop and anchor of Bayou Road, a restaurant and shopping district with the city’s highest concentration of Black businesses. She has battled through several economic downturns, including the 2008 recession, and the mass destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
‘We’re the First to Go’: Black Businesses Brace for Trump’s Tariffs

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Adam Mahoney |Aallyah Wright

Vera Warren-Williams started the Community Book Center in New Orleans with $300 and a dream in 1983. In the 42 years since, the Black book and clothing store went from the trunk of her car to a flagship shop and anchor of Bayou Road, a restaurant and shopping district with the city’s highest concentration of Black businesses. She has battled through several economic downturns, including the 2008 recession, and the mass destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
With Southern Utilities Quietly Dismantling DEI Programs, Black Households Pay the Price

1 month ago | capitalbnews.org | Adam Mahoney

When Chris Womack became the first Black CEO of Southern Co. in 2023, he called the company’s commitment to racial equity one of his guiding principles. His leadership of the third-largest private utility company in the world offered hope of fairer wages and more representative employment for thousands of Black employees and cleaner air and more reasonable energy bills for millions of Black customers across Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.