Residents are speaking out against the construction of a carbon dioxide pipeline they say will bring risks right up to their backyards and near community schools.
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A proposed carbon capture pipeline that would run through parts of Livingston Parish is drawing concern from landowners who live along or near the potential route.
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Opponents are wanting state financing officials to block a $900 million tax-exempt bond issue proposal tied to Hyundai’s planned $5.8B steel manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish.
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Today, more than a dozen environmental advocates are demanding that Louisiana’s oil and gas industry begin the long-overdue process of developing a comprehensive plan for the state to transition away…
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Taiwanese company Formosa received a coastal use permit from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources last week, authorizing construction of a plastics plant in St. James parish.
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Shouting “shut it down” on the front lawn of Mosaic Fertilizer’s administrative office, a collection of St. James Parish residents, outside environmental activists and pastors called Wednesday for the state…
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The St. James Parish Council has ratified land-use restrictions on a proposed $9.4 billion Formosa Chemical plant slated for a poor, rural section of the parish where residents have complained…
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St. James residents today requested that the St. James Parish Council delay the planned approval of the Formosa Plastics facility so that the parish can get more information about Formosa’s…
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“Welcome to ‘Cancer Alley,’ a predominantly black area in Louisiana that’s experiencing the dire effects of chemical pollution…”
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