Days before the New Year, Angela King woke up to a nauseating scent of rotten egg wafting through her neighborhood in southwest Houston. The smell was a reminder of how close she lives to a storage facility bearing 300,000 gallons of liquid propane. Southwest Crossings, where King has lived for two decades, is a mostly Black and brown neighborhood, and CenterPoint Energy now plans to install natural gas pipeline transmission lines 4 feet underground. Initial construction will be just 50 feet from her home. She and her neighbors have protested the construction, fearing for their health and safety. Evidence shows throughout the U.S., communities of color are more likely to be burdened by various industry, disproportionately jeopardizing the health of Black and brown people. Experts say the pipeline project is a microcosm of the nation’s persistent environmental racism that subjects people of color to environmental hazards. Click the link in bio to read the full story. 📸: Callaghan O'Hare, USA TODAY