Standing before the Pilgrim Full Gospel Baptist Church Sunday in St. James Parish as wind whirled down River Road, Pastor Marshall Cooper looked toward the Sunshine Bridge and the northerly gusts.
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In a visit to South Texas, the Energy secretary praised LNG-export workers while acknowledging bumps in the industry’s outlook.
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A federal energy official and others celebrated the opening of a new power plant in Plaquemine on Thursday, while an environmental group worried whether it will cause more pollution.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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