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]Air pollution from a huge pipeline and tug boat fire, which raged 30 miles south of New Orleans from Tuesday until it was extinguished on Friday, sickened nearby residents with…
[Read Article]Safety problems at ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge refinery are prevalent throughout the industry and represent a “criminal offense” by the company and others like it, the nation’s largest industrial labor union…
[Read Article]ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge Refinery failed to inspect hundreds of corroded pipes and report several incidents in the last five years, according to an uncensored EPA inspection report recently obtained by…
[Read Article]The Louisiana Bucket Brigade and seven other environmental groups filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday in an attempt to get the agency to limit air emissions of the…
[Read Article]An environmental watchdog group on Wednesday called for the firing of state Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Rodney Mallett, saying Mallett repeatedly downplayed the public’s risks following a chemical spill…
[Read Article]At least 93 pollution incidents related to Hurricane Isaac should have been prevented by proper precautions by oil and gas, chemical and coal-handling facilities, representatives of three environmental groups said…
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