The life stories of enslaved people are crucial to a legal battle over a Louisiana petrochemical facility that could triple residents’ exposure to carcinogens
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The company, an affiliate of Formosa Plastics, said it intended to move forward with the $9.4 billion complex in St. James Parish despite the ruling.
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The environmental justice movement notched important victories in Louisiana this week by blocking two planned petrochemical plants — a move that will prevent huge amounts of greenhouse emissions from entering…
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Today, landowners, community members, environmental justice advocates, and a journalist filed a lawsuit (read it here) challenging a Louisiana law that makes it a felony punishable by up to five…
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As President Trump visits Louisiana to raise money and tout fossil fuel projects around the state, the petrochemical industry is celebrating unprecedented power at the federal level, with executive orders…
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Dear Members of the St. James Parish Council: On behalf of Ms. Genevieve Butler, Pastor Harry Joseph, Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, RISE St. James, and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade (collectively,…
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Yesterday, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) and Phillips 66 announced that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline will be operational by April 1st. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade response is as follows: ETP’s claim…
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Members of RISE St. James and their supporters continue to rally in opposition to the presence of more petrochemical plants in St. James Parish’s historic African American community. At a…
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Today, more than a dozen environmental advocates are demanding that Louisiana’s oil and gas industry begin the long-overdue process of developing a comprehensive plan for the state to transition away…
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