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]The New Orleans City Council expressed unanimous opposition Thursday to the planned Formosa Plastics plant in St. James Parish, raising concerns about how the $9.4 billion complex would affect the…
[Read Article]After several delays, New Orleans City Council has voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to oppose the construction of a Formosa plastics plant in St. James Parish. In a…
[Read Article]The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to pass Resolution 92, a bill introduced by City Councilmembers Kristin Palmer and Cyndi Nguyen that would oppose the proposed Formosa…
[Read Article]Myrtle Felton has lived in St. James Parish her whole life, but it looks nothing like it did when she was young. “It looks like a third world,” she said….
[Read Article]WGNO: New Orleans Restaurants And Council Members Jump Into The Fray To Oppose Formosa Plastic Plant
Opposition to a proposed plastic manufacturing complex in St. James Parish is growing in New Orleans. Citing the interrelated concerns of harm to local waterways, fisheries and tourism, two City…
[Read Article]On April 8, the New Orleans City Council will consider Resolution 92 by Councilwomen Kristin Palmer and Cyndi Nguyen which opposes the construction of Formosa Plastics along the Mississippi River in St….
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