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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Baton Rouge prosecutors announced Friday they would not pursue criminal charges against two New Orleans environmental activists arrested on terrorizing counts after leaving a box of plastic pellets on the…
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Nearly a dozen environmental and citizen advocacy groups have signed onto a letter warning a Japanese chemical conglomerate of the opposition it will face should it decide to move forward…
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December 15, 2020 100-8251 JAPAN, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 1-1, Marunouchi 1-Chome, Sasaki Hitoshi Chief Operating Officer Mitsubishi Chemical Company Sent by mail and email Dear Mr. Sasaki: Greetings from Louisiana. It…
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Monday, December 14th, 2020 On Tuesday, December 8th, Governor John Bel Edwards announced yet another foreign chemical plant proposed for Cancer Alley in Geismar, Louisiana: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC). In…
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In St. James Parish, Louisiana, residents face some of the highest cancer risks in the country due to air pollution from the nearby 85-mile industrial corridor. Taiwanese plastics company Formosa…
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Formosa Plastic Group’s plan to build a $9.4 billion plastics manufacturing complex in Louisiana has suffered notable setbacks after federal and state permits for the project were put on hold,…
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