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]Read the #StopFormosaPlastics Coalition’s appeal of Formosa Plastic’s air permit from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality that led Judge Trudy White to send the permit back for review.
[Read Article]Activists are calling for the halt of plans for a $9.4 billion petrochemical plant in St. James Parish after the discovery of a cemetery where it is believed slaves were…
[Read Article]A FORMER BURIAL GROUND thought to contain the remains of slaves has been identified on a Louisiana property where a massive plastic production complex is sited to be built.
[Read Article]A proposed sprawling petrochemical complex in southern Louisiana will be built on land holding historic cemetery sites that experts believe were likely slave burial grounds, according to documents released Wednesday.
[Read Article]It can’t be understated how important New Orleans was to Gov. John Bel Edwards’ re-election. Orleans Parish voted 90% for the governor on Nov. 16, giving him a 101,000-vote margin…
[Read Article]The countryside of St. James Parish, an hour west of New Orleans, is a hodgepodge of bayous and sugarcane fields, smokestacks and riotous tangles of steel pipe.
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