Three new proposed chemical plants could more than quadruple ammonia production in the Donaldsonville area, leaving Ascension residents to face more toxic air pollution and possible chemical disasters, according to a new report from Rural Roots and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade.
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A new report released Tuesday identifies CF Industries’ Ascension Parish plant as the top toxic air polluter in the nation.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a letter Friday approving a limited notice to proceed to the developer of the CP2 LNG project.
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DEQ says it’s working to address concerns.
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November 4, 2003 – Today, a letter from the St. Bernard Citizens for Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade notified a refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana ⎯ Exxon Mobil’s Chalmette…
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Chalmette residents fear for their health.
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Just a few hours after a citizens group released monitoring data on the July 20 chlorine leak at Baton Rouge’s Honeywell plant, emergency crews again responding to a leak there…
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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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The Environmental Protection Agency’s Dallas regional office failed to properly oversee Louisiana’s enforcement of federal air, water and hazardous waste regulatory programs and therefore “could not assure the public that…
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