Monument Lab

We return to Louisiana and the Joneses, where in recent decades family members have moved away for work and to escape the increasingly toxic air and water leaking from the neighboring chemical plants of Cancer Alley. As stronger hurricanes and vanishing wetlands reconfigure Louisiana’s topography, new industries continue old patterns of environmental harm. What will this mean for the future of Jonesland? What can their story on the front-lines of climate change teach us as the nation faces the dire consequences of extractive economies?Reporters: Jameela Hammond @JameelaHammond, Anya Groner @anyagronerInterviewees: Jazmin “Jazzy” MillerFamily: Laverne JonesReverend Samuel “Papa” JonesReverend Joseph JonesSharon LavigneWjuankeil JonesCora Jones RossClaudette JonesImani BrownJoy Banner, Ph.D; Twitter: @drjoy08Jo BannerAnne Rolfes; @annerolfes, Organization’s Twitter: @labucketbrigadeSheila Tahir @labucketbrigade