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Allyn West

Houston, Kentucky
As seen in: Environmental Defense Fund, Aol, Chron, Houston Chronicle, The Architect's Newspaper, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Texas Observer, Laredo Morning Times, MediaFeed.org, Houstonia, Oxford American and
Covers:  Architecture, design, mobility, transportation, air pollution, public health, climate change, infrastructure, flooding, visual art, literature
Writer with @EnvDefenseFund trying to think about climate change, energy, public health, and the built environment. Opinions are mine alone. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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I'm a writer, editor and teacher in Houston. I run the newsroom for One Breath Partnership, contribute to Texas Observer, Houston Chronicle, Urban Edge, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Cite, Glasstire and other publications and teach creative nonfiction for Inprint.

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“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene

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By Allyn West
| Environmental Defense Fund
By the end of the first week, they were feeding close to a thousand people. The same parking lot now hides mounds of Helene’s debris — branches and brush too big to compost. It’ll still break down, but it’ll take years. The disaster created more than 11 million cubic yards of debris, enough to fill about 1 million dump trucks.
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“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene

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By Allyn West
| Aol Verified
“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene Shrinking support from the Trump administration delays disaster recovery, leaves communities vulnerable to dangerous weather.
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“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene

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By Allyn West
| MediaFeed.org Verified
“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene Shrinking support from the Trump administration delays disaster recovery, leaves communities vulnerable to dangerous weather.
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