As the Trump administration sheds staff and funding at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a new analysis places Louisiana among states that have notably slashed their pollution regulation resources even…
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Two environmental groups opposed to a large industrial buildout in Ascension Parish are suing over the local government’s decision to withhold any agreements that officials signed with companies to not publicly discuss aspects of the expansion plans.
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As the Trump administration sheds staff and funding at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a new analysis places Louisiana among states that have notably slashed their pollution regulation resources even as industry expands.
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Read a letter from Janile Parks of FG to Sharon LaVigne of Rise St. James seeking access to a burial site at Buena Vista. Read a letter from Pamela C….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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