The U.S. House of Representatives’ recent passage of energy legislation aimed at expanding mining and fossil fuel production in the U.S. brought a quick rebuke from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade…
[Read Article]
In the United States, a landmark lawsuit filed in a federal court in Louisiana on Tuesday by residents of the state’s “Cancer Alley” declares an “environmental and public health emergency.” It calls…
[Read Article]
Legal experts describe a new environmental justice lawsuit as significant, timely and ambitious. But will conservative judges agree?
[Read Article]
On the first anniversary of a plastic pellet spill in the Mississippi River, local advocates are calling for the Army Corps of Engineers’ suspension of the Formosa Plastics permit to…
[Read More]
On July 20th, Lawyers for Inclusive Louisiana and Louisiana Bucket Brigade submitted comments to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) opposing its proposed settlement with Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC…
[Read More]
Lawyers for RISE St. James and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade today sent a letter (available here) to St. James Parish Council members advising them that the 2019 land use approval…
[Read More]
Read the full letter with footnotes, citations, and sources here. May 12, 2021 St. James Parish Council 5800 Hwy. 44 Convent, LA 70723 By email to: linda.hubbell@stjamesparishla.gov …
[Read More]
CM Kristin Palmer & the New Orleans City Council City Hall, Room 2W40 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Dear City Council Members: We have learned that the delicate…
[Read More]
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), authors of the landmark Environmental Justice for All Act, wrote to President Biden today urging him to revoke Army…
[Read Article]