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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ProPublica: Permit for Controversial $9 Billion Plastics Plant in “Chemical Alley” to Be Put on Hold
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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Bishop Michael Duca, the leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, on Saturday will join other Catholic leaders, St. James Parish residents and environmental groups opposed to a…
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Hello and thank you for letting me present. I made a presentation to the Council in January calling attention to Formosa Plastics’ false assertion that it had reconfigured its site…
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September 15, 2020 St. James Parish Council 5800 Hwy. 44 Convent, LA 70723 RISE St. James and Louisiana Bucket Brigade submit this response to a letter sent by Formosa Plastics…
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RISE St. James and its supporters are calling for a halt to Formosa Plastics’ construction in light of the company’s risk to community health from the repeated, ongoing failure to…
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September 10th, 2020 Chief Butch Browning, State Fire Marshal Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal 8181 Independence Blvd. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 Courtney Phillips, Secretary Louisiana Department of Health P.O….
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Most of us might not know what to call the small bits of plastic, but we know what to call it when we see these pieces — pollution. There’s a…
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Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the air after Hurricane Laura, regulators say, but some…
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