A state district judge sent critical air permits for a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex back to state environmental regulators so they can take a closer look at the St….
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ProPublica: Permit for Controversial $9 Billion Plastics Plant in “Chemical Alley” to Be Put on Hold
Proposed emissions from the plant would triple the levels of cancer-causing chemicals in one of the most toxic areas of the U.S., but the Army Corps of Engineers intends to…
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Bishop Michael Duca, the leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, on Saturday will join other Catholic leaders, St. James Parish residents and environmental groups opposed to a…
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Chanting “the Gulf is not for sale” and “you can’t wash us away,” dozens of protesters crashed a meeting on Wednesday at the Superdome in New Orleans, where the Obama…
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Most visible flare emissions of toxic chemicals at refineries nationwide would end and the refineries would have to install monitors on their sites and around their fence lines to measure…
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It’s the latest front in the growing global movement to stop fossil fuel extraction.
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Environmental groups filed suit Wednesday (April 3) against the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to consider updating rules limiting toxic air pollutants involving 21 separate industrial processes.
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Environmental groups walked alongside striking oil refinery workers on the picket line outside the Motiva complex in Norco on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to support calls to improve safety and beef…
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Parish official says state refused to provide additional air monitoring.
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