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]A recently released report from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade calls on St. James Parish officials to account for zoning changes that allow industry in residential neighborhoods.
[Read Article]State Attorney General Jeff Landry has approved a request from state environmental regulators to file suit against Denka Performance Elastomer, a chemical plant in LaPlace that has come under fire…
[Read Article]A march against the petrochemical industry, initially planned for April, will begin with a rally on May 29, and proceed from Reserve to Baton Rouge over the course of five…
[Read Article]“You just get used to the smell, even when it burns your nose,” says Liz Gordon, a Louisiana native who has lived within eyesight of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery…
[Read Article]Louisiana industry leaders are praising executive orders signed by the Trump administration Wednesday, which the president says will speed up construction of pipelines and other projects for the production and…
[Read Article]More than a dozen advocacy groups have formed a new coalition to fight industrial development and pollution along the Mississippi River in south Louisiana.
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