The Louisiana Bucket Brigade hosted a talk about the exacerbating climate change issues that will have on our environment – locally, nationally, and globally – if the proposed Lake Charles…
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Because of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europe wants to stop buying Russian natural gas. And that could have implications here in the United States. More gas export terminals may be…
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A Cameron Parish landowner who lives near the proposed Commonwealth LNG facility said it and other proposed LNG export terminals would destroy acres of wetlands that serve as a buffer…
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Residents of St. James Parish and environmental groups today sought disclosure of public records on the process that designated their community “Residential-Future Industrial” in 2014. [Read the Public Records Request…
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Amidst rumors of payoffs to council members and payment of school board employees’ salaries, RISE St. James and supporting organizations have filed a Freedom of Information Act request for all…
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Today, a Louisiana judge found that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company (BBP) trespassed on privately owned land when it constructed its oil pipeline in the sensitive Atchafalaya Basin, but allowed…
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It has been more than 50 years since the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act, but the proposed Formosa Plastics Plant shows that democracy has not fully come…
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Landowners head into day two of today’s trial with significant information gleaned from witnesses who testified yesterday, including David Dismukes of LSU’s Energy Center, Scott Eustis of the Gulf Restoration…
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St. James residents opposing the Formosa chemical complex were joined Saturday by people throughout the region, including Pat Bryant of Justice and Beyond, a longtime veteran of Cancer Alley battles…
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