The use of nondisclosure agreements to temporarily shield from public view details of planned industrial projects and associated tax incentives in Ascension Parish will be scrutinized by a state court judge to determine whether the documents should remain secret.
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A group suing Ascension Parish over alleged government secrecy related to agreements for a forthcoming steel mill in Modesete on Monday was denied the public records they requested.
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Armed with sensors and real-time data, community groups further their fight against dangerous air pollution in Louisiana.
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Well, OK, Louisiana’s oil refineries don’t have accidents every singleday. Just six days a week on average. Actually, to be specific, 6.3 days a week.
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If you stand in front of Almena and Sidney Poray’s house in Baton Rouge, La., and look straight down the street, past the other houses and the shade trees, you…
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Shirley Bowman noticed the smell after 8 a.m. on June 14, 2012, her 61st birthday. In Baton Rouge, where the petrochemical industry dominates the landscape, foul odors resembling burnt rubber…
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By Michael Doughty, Shreveport Times An environmental organization of Ingleside and Werner Park community members is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to penalize Shreveport’s Calumet refinery over alleged environmental…
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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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