Formosa Plastics failed to comply with stipulation provisions to protect identified and potential burial sites on its property. A professional drone operator and volunteer pilots were engaged by the community…
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It’s been almost a year since the inspector general for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged agency officials to take “prompt action” to warn people living near 25 “high-priority” industrial…
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Climate change, fracking, air and water pollution, toxic landfills, the disproportionate burden of pollution on communities of color. There is no paucity of targets for improving our environment, just as…
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In St. James Parish, Louisiana, residents face some of the highest cancer risks in the country due to air pollution from the nearby 85-mile industrial corridor. Taiwanese plastics company Formosa…
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Formosa Plastic Group’s plan to build a $9.4 billion plastics manufacturing complex in Louisiana has suffered notable setbacks after federal and state permits for the project were put on hold,…
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For nearly a decade, Democratic U.S. Rep Cedric Richmond has represented what most environmentalists agree is the most polluted congressional district in America. It’s a stretch of Louisiana that runs…
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Formosa Plastics would discharge chemical and plastic pollution directly into Lac Des Allemands, proclaimed the “Catfish Capital of the Universe” by our state legislature.
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A state district judge sent critical air permits for a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex back to state environmental regulators so they can take a closer look at the St….
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“Rep. Richmond has not lifted a finger to help the community that would be destroyed. He has refused to even meet with St. James residents,” Rolfes said. “He has been…
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