RISE St. James and its supporters are calling for a halt to Formosa Plastics’ construction in light of the company’s risk to community health from the repeated, ongoing failure to…
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Rise St. James and Formosa Plastics don’t agree about what’s going to happen in the future. The environmental justice group says air, water and soil quality are already awful in…
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Development Director, Louisiana Bucket Brigade The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor the state’s oil refineries and chemical plants. We…
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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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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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