The fossil fuel industry was built on white supremacy
Read now →White oilmen codified segregation into the oil fields, and oil towns were the scenes of brutal racist attacks
Kendra Pierre-Louis
Kendra Pierre-Louis is a climate reporter. She currently works for Gimlet, the podcasting company. Previously she was a climate reporter with The New York Times, a staff writer for Popular Science (PopSci) where she wrote about science, the environment, and, occasionally, mayonnaise. In addition, her writing has appeared in FiveThirtyEight, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Modern Farmer, and Slate. Kendra is also the author of the book, “Green Washed: Why We Can’t Buy Our Way to a Green Planet.”
White oilmen codified segregation into the oil fields, and oil towns were the scenes of brutal racist attacks