Legal experts describe a new environmental justice lawsuit as significant, timely and ambitious. But will conservative judges agree?
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After years of seeking redress from the parish council, St. James Parish residents have now taken their case to federal court. Since September of 2019, the plaintiffs, Inclusive Louisiana, Rise…
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The Coalition Against Death Alley (CADA) will lead residents, community advocates, clergy, students and other concerned citizens along Cancer Alley in the March Against Death Alley from Oct. 16 to…
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Formosa Plastics Tuesday settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit brought by a former shrimper and San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper challenging its extensive plastic pollution of waterways around its Point…
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Community advocates including mothers, educators and other residents interrupted a meeting of state oil and gas executives at a New Orleans hotel Thursday. Nine advocates disrupted a speech by La….
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In capitulation to the power of local opposition, Wanhua Chemical has formally withdrawn its land use application to build a $1 billion dollar facility in St. James Parish. Opponents’ appeal…
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St. James Parish President Timmy Roussel and Operations Manager Blaise Gravois face new questions after a lawsuit was filed late yesterday afternoon by St. James residents alleging that Parish officials…
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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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