Roishetta Ozane and her daughter Kamea, residents of the industrial corridor in Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley,” are taking their fight for environmental justice directly to the boardrooms of America’s most powerful banks and fossil fuel companies.
Stretching along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, “Cancer Alley” is home to more than 150 petrochemical plants and refineries.
For decades, residents, predominantly from Black and low-income communities, have reported alarming rates of cancer, respiratory illnesses, skin disorders, and other chronic health conditions linked to toxic emissions…