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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Waters wants Shell to expand buyout.
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Earlier this week, Shell Chemical declined the offer to debate members of the Concerned Citizens of Norco over the company’s plan to purchase properties along its east and west fence…
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On Wednesday, the Concerned Citizens of Norco and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade staged a protest in the Norco community known as Diamond, bearing signs that read “Shame on Shell” and…
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As neighborhoods go, the African American community of Diamond is rare. Many of the families of this neighborhood have lived here for generations, since the days before the Civil War….
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Environmental activists demonstrated outside U.S. Sen. John Breaux’s Baton Rouge office Friday, claiming the powerful Democrat supports loosening rules on industrial airpollution.
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Citing the negative effects of oil refinery pollution on public health and quality of life, environmentalists Friday called on the Bush administration to abandon a proposal they say could weaken…
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