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]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…
[Read More]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…
[Read More]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,…
[Read More]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…
[Read More]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…
[Read More]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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