Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
[Read Article]The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also called FERC, is involved in deciding where LNG facilities and pipelines will be located. FERC usually meets in Washington, D.C., but representatives came to…
[Read Article]Billions in tax incentives from the Industrial Tax Exemption Program have failed to produce job and income growth in Louisiana, according a new report from independent research firm Ohio River…
[Read Article]The Environmental Protection Agency says the state is violating federal law by allowing manufacturers to release toxic air pollutants in amounts greater than their permits specify during plant startups, shutdowns…
[Read Article]An environmental group blasted Gov. John Bel Edwards’ trade-focused trip to Asia this week, condemning the Japanese and Korean firms he’s meeting with for their ties to industries blamed by watchdog…
[Read Article]On Friday, March 3rd, Louisiana Governor Jon Bel Edwards’ departed on a trip to Asia to speak with executives of major South Korean and Japanese companies. With many of these…
[Read More]Two federal agencies sued the country’s sole neoprene plant in St. John the Baptist Parish over violations of the Clean Air Act on Tuesday in hopes of forcing the company…
[Read Article]Though Black History Month is coming to an end, let’s continue to amplify the voices of fenceline communities fighting toxic pollution.
[Read Article]Religious belief has been central to the movement since its start. Sharon Lavigne, a 70-year-old grandmother in Louisiana taking on the plastics industry, is hailed as “a modern-day prophet.”
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