Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) 2025-08-05T22:40:27.558Z
I wish I was surprised
