The life stories of enslaved people are crucial to a legal battle over a Louisiana petrochemical facility that could triple residents’ exposure to carcinogens
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The company, an affiliate of Formosa Plastics, said it intended to move forward with the $9.4 billion complex in St. James Parish despite the ruling.
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The environmental justice movement notched important victories in Louisiana this week by blocking two planned petrochemical plants — a move that will prevent huge amounts of greenhouse emissions from entering…
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Official Army Corps of Engineers’ notice of suspension for Formosa Plastics’ permit in St. James Parish.
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Formosa Plastics omitted key facts to win approval from the St. James Parish Council. These crucial facts were exposed only after Formosa Plastics received approval from the Council in 2019….
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Construction halts on $9.4 billion St. James facility. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday announced through a court filing in federal court in Washington its plans to suspend…
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Environmental and community groups in Louisiana are elated after what they see as two back-to-back wins in their fight to protect fenceline communities from additional petrochemical industry pollution. This week,…
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Proposed emissions from the plant would triple the levels of cancer-causing chemicals in one of the most toxic areas of the U.S., but the Army Corps of Engineers intends to…
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NEW ORLEANS (CN) — The Army Corps of Engineers will temporarily suspend a permit it issued for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana as it takes another look at…
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