The controversial LNG export terminal Calcasieu Pass has had operational problems for more than two years, resulting in chronic air pollution. A landowner reports witnessing excessive gas flaring at the…
[Read Article]
Residents near Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass (CP) gas export facility have documented excessive flaring over the last few weeks, signaling ongoing operational problems at the facility.
[Read Article]
On Thursday, April 21, St. Bernard Parish and state officials, community members, public health advocates and church representatives cut the ribbon on the state’s first-ever real time air monitor.
[Read Article]
Two groups go online with their systems.
[Read Article]
In the fertile countryside just a few miles from urban New Orleans, breezes from the Mississippi River waft over neatly clipped lawns and carefully maintained cottages in a modest residential…
[Read Article]
For people living near oil refineries or industrial plants, the signs can be obvious: strange odors, particles clouding up windows, and high rates of respiratory illness.
[Read Article]
The Gambit: The smell test; Chalmette residents hope federal lawsuit will help fenceline communities
On a recent Thursday morning, a group of neighbors met in Ken Ford’s Chalmette living room, a half-mile from the ExxonMobil Chalmette refinery.
[Read Article]
Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobile’s refinery southeast of here, alleging that the plant endangers the health of nearby residents and has repeatedly violated limits on emissions.
[Read Article]