Formosa Plastics failed to comply with stipulation provisions to protect identified and potential burial sites on its property. A professional drone operator and volunteer pilots were engaged by the community…
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It’s been almost a year since the inspector general for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged agency officials to take “prompt action” to warn people living near 25 “high-priority” industrial…
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Climate change, fracking, air and water pollution, toxic landfills, the disproportionate burden of pollution on communities of color. There is no paucity of targets for improving our environment, just as…
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The following are excerpts from the hearing as spoken by Judge White in the matter of Formosa Plastics’ air permit for its proposed facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The…
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US President-elect Joe Biden has promised to decarbonise the U.S. electricity grid by 2035 and implement a host of other climate policies, which in theory would discourage fossil fuel companies…
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Anne Rolfes, Director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, as well as Tyler Gray of Louisiana Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association, joined News 15 at 5 to share their views…
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Please send applications and resumes to hiring@labucketbrigade.org 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…
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With climate change high on President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda, one might think local environmentalists would have high hopes for U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond’s ascent to the role of key White…
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Louisiana environmentalist Anne Rolfes said Monday that she’ll continue to push for a moratorium to stop more petrochemical plants from building along the Mississippi River after avoiding terrorizing charges for…
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