A state district judge sent critical air permits for a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex back to state environmental regulators so they can take a closer look at the St….
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ProPublica: Permit for Controversial $9 Billion Plastics Plant in “Chemical Alley” to Be Put on Hold
Proposed emissions from the plant would triple the levels of cancer-causing chemicals in one of the most toxic areas of the U.S., but the Army Corps of Engineers intends to…
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Bishop Michael Duca, the leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, on Saturday will join other Catholic leaders, St. James Parish residents and environmental groups opposed to a…
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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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Opponents of Formosa Plastics’ massive proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana filed for a preliminary injunction today to block construction of the project. The proposed facility would be…
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In response to recent efforts to criminalize Louisiana families’ First Amendment rights, a new alliance launched today to defend democracy. “We have fought hard for our constitutional rights and we…
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Prominent African American authors, scholars and civil rights leaders sent a letter to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Sunday evening asking him to use his authority to stop one…
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The petrochemical industry has taken advantage of not one but two crises in our country – COVID-19 and the suppression and murder of black Americans – to pass a bill…
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St. James residents today re-asserted their rights to visit burial grounds on property owned by Formosa Plastics, a Taiwanese company that plans to use the property to build one of…
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