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Inside Climate News: Judge Tosses Air Permits For $9.4 Billion Louisiana Plastics Plant

The sharply worded ruling dismantled the state Department of Environmental Quality’s rationale for permits that would have allowed Formosa Plastics to emit more than 800 tons of toxic pollution a year into predominantly Black St. James Parish. “People’s lives are worth more than plastic,” says one activist.

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