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]Some Norco community members and environmental activists object to Shell Chemical Co’s new, more aggressive offer to buy out property on its fence line.
[Read Article]Some Lower Algiers residents say they are certain that soot and chemicals carried across the Mississippi River from the Chalmette Refinery have damaged their roofs, their cars and their health….
[Read Article]It may be willing to pay residents more.
[Read Article]Leaking pipes and valves at Louisiana’s oil refineries release an estimated 12.7 million pounds of smog-causing organic compounds into the atmosphere each year, much of it previously unreported, according to…
[Read Article]The Shell industrial complex on Thursday pledged to take steps to improve relations with some estranged Norco residents.
[Read Article]People living in the shadow of a Louisiana oil refinery told the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday they want the owner to relocate them.
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