Residents are speaking out against the construction of a carbon dioxide pipeline they say will bring risks right up to their backyards and near community schools.
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A proposed carbon capture pipeline that would run through parts of Livingston Parish is drawing concern from landowners who live along or near the potential route.
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Opponents are wanting state financing officials to block a $900 million tax-exempt bond issue proposal tied to Hyundai’s planned $5.8B steel manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish.
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Louisiana refineries are required by law to report their accidents or “unauthorized discharges” to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. An analysis of these reports by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade…
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This document comprises a selection of some of the worst refinery accidents that occurred in the state of Louisiana between 2005 and 2008. We have excerpted some of the pertinent…
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Federal Judge Sarah Vance ruled on Friday that ExxonMobil’s Chalmette Refining is guilty of two additional violations of the Clean Air Act and puts the responsibility for preventing further violations in the hands of the federal government.
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In a first of its kind resolution from St. Bernard Parish, the council today voted 7 – 0, unanimously asking “the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the EPA to enforce state and federal environmental laws and monitoring requirements.”
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A new study of reports submitted by the troubled ExxonMobil Chalmette Refinery to the Department of Environmental Quality has revealed that the refinery averaged approximately six accidents a month for the 13 month period from August 2005 to August 2006.
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How Murphy Oil, USA and the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health have downplayed health risks from Murphy’s million gallon oil spill in St. Bernard Parish. In the days following…
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