Calling them “activists” five times in the article “Activists seek to fight plant project in St. James,” published on April 10 comes across as an attempt to discredit and marginalize…
[Read Article]Legal challenges could delay the EPA’s ability to enact the measures, which coincide with Louisiana activists’ fight against projects poised to increase air pollution.
[Read Article]A technology created to track political violence in Kenya with social media is now being used to log the effects of the oil spill on the Gulf Coast.
[Read Article]Gulf Coast environmental groups working in the areas at greatest risk from British Petroleum’s catastrophic offshore drilling disaster, joined by Greenpeace USA, are urging President Obama to accept their invitation,…
[Read More]If there was a prison in the neighborhood and an inmate escaped, the community would be alarmed, said Mark Milligan, president of the Community Empowered for Change group in Baton…
[Read Article]The oil industry is everywhere in Louisiana. Oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico are visible from the beach at Grand Isle. Paddle through a bayou in St. Charles Parish…
[See More]The Louisiana Bucket Brigade, an environmental and justice organization, has released a new report detailing accidents at the state’s ten largest refineries and chemical plants, including Citgo Petroleum in Lake…
[Read Article]Frequent accidents at 10 of the state’s biggest refineries resulted in the release of millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into the air and millions of gallons of polluted water…
[Read Article]