A public hearing over the Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel’s proposed air permit lasted more than four hours Tuesday night in Donaldsonville, with supporters touting the project’s economic benefits and opponents warning the steel mill would add pollution to communities already burdened by industrial emissions.
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La planta siderúrgica de Hyundai que se instalará en Luisiana se enfrenta a la oposición de los residentes locales y de grupos de defensa preocupados por el proceso de aprobación acelerado del proyecto y sus posibles repercusiones en materia de emisiones.
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A large crowd attended and many spoke during a lengthy Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality public hearing for an air permit tied to the Hyundai Steel mill project in Ascension Parish near Donaldsonville.
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Chalmette Refining, a joint venture of Exxon Mobil, is one of more than 15,000 potentially deadly chemical plants and refineries nationwide.
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It is hard to get the results of the sampling that they conducted The Louisiana Bucket Brigade had to file a public records request with the Louisiana Department of Environmental…
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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.
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Two groups go online with their systems.
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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…
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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.
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