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]Landowners head into day two of today’s trial with significant information gleaned from witnesses who testified yesterday, including David Dismukes of LSU’s Energy Center, Scott Eustis of the Gulf Restoration…
[Read More]St. James residents opposing the Formosa chemical complex were joined Saturday by people throughout the region, including Pat Bryant of Justice and Beyond, a longtime veteran of Cancer Alley battles…
[Read More]Opponents of the proposed Formosa chemical plant vowed to fight on after the St. James Parish Planning Commission approved the facility on a 7 – 2 vote. Planning Commission member…
[Read More]Who: Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, counsel for landowner Peter Aalsted and his family, and Louisiana Bucket Brigade. What: A judge will hear the case of landowners along the Bayou Bridge Pipeline route…
[Read More]Update 9/2/18: Illegal construction continues. Photos from the air show the tree clearing (photos courtesy of Atchafalaya Basinkeeper) 1. Here is the injunction. 2. Here is a memo to the…
[Read More]The controversial Bayou Bridge Pipeline has again been taken to court for failure to abide by the law, this time for allegedly constructing its pipeline on private property without permission….
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