Good Newsen.wikipedia.org On the frontlines in a 'Cancer Alley,' Black women inspired by faith are powering the environmental justice movement Religious belief has been central to the movement since its start. Sharon Lavigne, a 70-year-old grandmother in Louisiana taking on the plastics industry, is hailed as “a modern-day prophet.”
Solutions www.bloomberg.com Louisiana grandmother fighting pollution in 'cancer alley' wins Goldman Prize Sharon Lavigne is going head-to-head with multi-billion dollar chemical plants in her longtime home of St. James Parish.
