Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
[Read Article]The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also called FERC, is involved in deciding where LNG facilities and pipelines will be located. FERC usually meets in Washington, D.C., but representatives came to…
[Read Article]Billions in tax incentives from the Industrial Tax Exemption Program have failed to produce job and income growth in Louisiana, according a new report from independent research firm Ohio River…
[Read Article]With Reform on the Horizon, New Tax Breaks for Petrochemicals Are a “Losing Proposition,” Data Suggest.
[Read Article]The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor the state’s oil refineries and chemical plants. We use grassroots action to create…
[Read Article]Parish power over ITEP awards in question after governor signs executive order.
[Read Article]Advocates still hope to block the permits for Formosa’s proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, a community at the heart of new research into the health effects of air…
[Read Article]In a highly unusual move, the state of Louisiana has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to enforce a Freedom of Information Act request.
[Read Article]The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) is poised to greenlight an air pollution permit for a groundbreaking $1 billion petrochemical plant in Geismar, which is slated to become the…
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