Three new proposed chemical plants could more than quadruple ammonia production in the Donaldsonville area, leaving Ascension residents to face more toxic air pollution and possible chemical disasters, according to a new report from Rural Roots and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade.
[Read Article]A new report released Tuesday identifies CF Industries’ Ascension Parish plant as the top toxic air polluter in the nation.
[Read Article]The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a letter Friday approving a limited notice to proceed to the developer of the CP2 LNG project.
[Read Article]Citizens, industry take closer look at air around them.
[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.
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