Calling them “activists” five times in the article “Activists seek to fight plant project in St. James,” published on April 10 comes across as an attempt to discredit and marginalize…
[Read Article]Legal challenges could delay the EPA’s ability to enact the measures, which coincide with Louisiana activists’ fight against projects poised to increase air pollution.
[Read Article]To apply: Send an email to hiring@labucketbrigade.orgwith a subject line that reads Job Title, Last Name, First Name. Attach your resume and cover letter. Please submit your application by Friday, August 27th. The Louisiana…
[Read Article]On July 30th, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that uses grassroots action to produce petrochemical pollution accountability, released a press statement detailing a recent proposed settlement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental…
[Read Article]For nearly six years, the Nucor Steel iron plant in St. James Parish released caustic sulfuric acid mist and highly flammable, rotten egg-smelling hydrogen sulfide into the air — and…
[Read Article]TO: President Joseph R. Biden White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am a lifelong resident of the Fifth District of St. James…
[Read Article]Joy Banner, 42, stands at the edge of her hometown of Wallace, La., looking over a field of sugar cane, the crop that her enslaved ancestors cut from dawn to…
[Read Article]Residents of Louisiana are intimately familiar with the annoying Formosan termite, but now there’s a new pest by the name of Formosa. Formosa Plastic Group (FPG), a petrochemical company, has…
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