The US ignored Louisiana’s ‘cancer alley’ for decades. Will Biden finally take action? | Robert Taylor

For too long we have been failed by every layer of government, from the president, to congressional representation, from our state governor, to our state environment agency

For five years I have fought against the polluters who have poisoned our community in Louisiana's cancer alley", or as we call it now, death alley". And for decades our fight has been ignored by the US government.

This makes President Joe Biden's decision to reference cancer alley" earlier last week, as he signed new climate and environmental justice orders, a meaningful and great moment. But for me the distance between seeing Mr Biden address our problems directly, and anything actually coming to fruition, is a long gap. And I will have to wait to see some direct results.