The use of nondisclosure agreements to temporarily shield from public view details of planned industrial projects and associated tax incentives in Ascension Parish will be scrutinized by a state court judge to determine whether the documents should remain secret.
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A group suing Ascension Parish over alleged government secrecy related to agreements for a forthcoming steel mill in Modesete on Monday was denied the public records they requested.
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Armed with sensors and real-time data, community groups further their fight against dangerous air pollution in Louisiana.
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Days following the fire at Marathon Petroleum, the cause of the incident has not been explained. However, it left Louisiana Bucket Brigade Founder Anne Rolfes angry. She claims industries get…
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Fire burns much of day, sending up huge plume of black smoke visible for miles.
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Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) said on Friday night a fire at its 596,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Garyville, Louisiana refinery was nearly extinguished, but fire suppression work was continuing to prevent flareups.
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“Such events are an all-too-common and exceptionally dangerous reality for those living within fossil fuel and petrochemical ‘sacrifice zones,’” observed one researcher.
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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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After a chemical leak and fire at the Marathon Oil refinery in Garyville, LA, on August 25, Anne Rolfes, the Executive Director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, released a statement…
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