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]Shouting “shut it down” on the front lawn of Mosaic Fertilizer’s administrative office, a collection of St. James Parish residents, outside environmental activists and pastors called Wednesday for the state…
[Read Article]The St. James Parish Council has ratified land-use restrictions on a proposed $9.4 billion Formosa Chemical plant slated for a poor, rural section of the parish where residents have complained…
[Read Article]“Welcome to ‘Cancer Alley,’ a predominantly black area in Louisiana that’s experiencing the dire effects of chemical pollution…”
[Read Article]Environmental groups and Louisiana residents of a rural, majority-black area on the Mississippi River filed a records request Monday seeking answers to why St. James Parish officials “basically changed the…
[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]Citing expected out-of-state workers, flooding, air pollution and sizable state tax exemptions, an advocacy group on Wednesday appealed a St. James Parish land use decision that would help clear the…
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