Documents reveal air monitoring detected carcinogens from burning petroleum; residents with respiratory issues file lawsuit.
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On August 22, Ret. Gen. Russell Honore, founder of the environmental alliance of civic and community groups GreenARMY, hosted a town hall at the Old Hackberry Community Center with fishermen,…
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Four days after a chemical storage tank began leaking and ignited, blackening the St. John Parish skies in plumes of smoke, officials say the last of the hot spots have been…
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Inspection records and incident investigation reports from state, federal regulators indicate the Marathon Oil Refinery in Garyville has had some serious problems.
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Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the $2.9 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, which will use sediment, water and nutrients from the Mississippi River to build as much as 21 square miles of…
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When Louisiana state officials last year sought outside legal help to handle civil rights complaints filed with EPA, they turned to a law firm that was already representing a petrochemical…
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“How can these politicians honestly claim they’re trying to rebuild our coast when they just gave Venture Global a $184 million tax break to build a gas export terminal?”, says…
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High-tech camera detects plentiful methane leaks outside the first Gulf Coast liquified natural gas export terminals. That creates concern about the additional 20 terminals planned nationwide.
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After more than 2,000 permit deviations, state officials have ordered Louisiana’s newest natural gas export facility to come into compliance and could impose steep fines on the company that operates…
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