Lawyers for RISE St. James and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade today sent a letter (available here) to St. James Parish Council members advising them that the 2019 land use approval…
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Read the full letter with footnotes, citations, and sources here. May 12, 2021 St. James Parish Council 5800 Hwy. 44 Convent, LA 70723 By email to: linda.hubbell@stjamesparishla.gov …
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Louisiana’s petroleum industry profits from exploiting historic inequalities, showing how slavery laid the groundwork for environmental racism.
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Work on a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex proposed for St. James Parish has been put on hold until mid April to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus and…
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The Louisiana Bucket Brigade will host a socially distanced Facebook Live update at 10 am CT via the organization’s Facebook page Washington, D.C. – A coalition of environmentalists sent a…
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Utility crews unexpectedly broke ground on Formosa Plastics’ massive proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, this week, surprising community members and other opponents, who are demanding work on…
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Dear Councilman Cooper and Councilman Patin: Pursuant to Sec. 2-38 of the St. James Code of Ordinances, as fellow residents and constituents from the Fourth and Fifth Districts, we are…
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Community activists in St. James Parish, Louisiana, are demanding land permits for a $9.4 billion plastics facility be revoked after archaeologists may have discovered the project is scheduled to be…
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On February 24th, 2020, RISE member Beverly Alexander represented by Tulane Environmental Law Clinic submitted this Petition in Intervention in the lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for…
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