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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Louisiana refineries are required by law to report their accidents or “unauthorized discharges” to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. An analysis of these reports by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade…
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This document comprises a selection of some of the worst refinery accidents that occurred in the state of Louisiana between 2005 and 2008. We have excerpted some of the pertinent…
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How Murphy Oil, USA and the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health have downplayed health risks from Murphy’s million gallon oil spill in St. Bernard Parish. In the days following…
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It is hard to get the results of the sampling that they conducted The Louisiana Bucket Brigade had to file a public records request with the Louisiana Department of Environmental…
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Diamond is a neighborhood of four streets in the town of Norco, Louisiana, 40 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Diamond is in the heart of the region’s…
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As neighborhoods go, the African American community of Diamond is rare. Many of the families of this neighborhood have lived here for generations, since the days before the Civil War….
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