The use of nondisclosure agreements to temporarily shield from public view details of planned industrial projects and associated tax incentives in Ascension Parish will be scrutinized by a state court judge to determine whether the documents should remain secret.
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A group suing Ascension Parish over alleged government secrecy related to agreements for a forthcoming steel mill in Modesete on Monday was denied the public records they requested.
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Armed with sensors and real-time data, community groups further their fight against dangerous air pollution in Louisiana.
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Last month, a large cloud of flammable gas ignited at an ExxonMobil refinery near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Six workers were injured during the 14-minute-long fire, and four of them were…
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The Thanksgiving week fire at ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge Refinery was not surprising. After 15 years of watching this refinery and the Exxon chemical plant, I know that Exxon reports dozens…
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A Louisiana environmental group said on Tuesday that ExxonMobil Corp’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery, where four workers were burned in a November 22 fire, has been poorly maintained for years.
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Four workers burned during a fire at Exxon refinery Tuesday remain in critical condition at the Baton Rouge General Burn Unit.
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A new offshore oil and gas plan from the U.S. Department of the Interior blocks two drilling leases in the Arctic, but allows a new lease in Alaska’s Cook Inlet…
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The U.S. Coast Guard’s National Response Center received reports of more than 60 petrochemical spills, leaks and releases in Louisiana and along its coast over a two-week period in October,…
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