Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
[Read Article]The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also called FERC, is involved in deciding where LNG facilities and pipelines will be located. FERC usually meets in Washington, D.C., but representatives came to…
[Read Article]Billions in tax incentives from the Industrial Tax Exemption Program have failed to produce job and income growth in Louisiana, according a new report from independent research firm Ohio River…
[Read Article]The Louisiana Bucket Brigade will host a socially distanced Facebook Live update at 10 am CT via the organization’s Facebook page Washington, D.C. – A coalition of environmentalists sent a…
[Read More]Utility crews unexpectedly broke ground on Formosa Plastics’ massive proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, this week, surprising community members and other opponents, who are demanding work on…
[Read More]Dear Councilman Cooper and Councilman Patin: Pursuant to Sec. 2-38 of the St. James Code of Ordinances, as fellow residents and constituents from the Fourth and Fifth Districts, we are…
[Read More]A FORMER BURIAL GROUND thought to contain the remains of slaves has been identified on a Louisiana property where a massive plastic production complex is sited to be built.
[Read More]RISE St. James, a faith-based grass-roots community group, recently learned that graves of enslaved people have been found on the proposed site of Formosa Plastics in St. James Parish, a…
[Read More]RISE St. James and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade will hold NURDLEFEST 2019 outside the offices of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 602 North Fifth Street in Baton Rouge, from…
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