Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
[Read Article]The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, also called FERC, is involved in deciding where LNG facilities and pipelines will be located. FERC usually meets in Washington, D.C., but representatives came to…
[Read Article]Billions in tax incentives from the Industrial Tax Exemption Program have failed to produce job and income growth in Louisiana, according a new report from independent research firm Ohio River…
[Read Article]St. James Parish residents who live within a mile of Nucor Steel are celebrating the company’s withdrawal of its Title V permit application for a major expansion of its Pelletizer…
[Read More]To apply: Send an email to hiring@labucketbrigade.orgwith a subject line that reads Job Title, Last Name, First Name. Attach your resume and cover letter. Please submit your application by Friday, August 27th. The Louisiana…
[Read Article]On July 30th, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that uses grassroots action to produce petrochemical pollution accountability, released a press statement detailing a recent proposed settlement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental…
[Read Article]On the first anniversary of a plastic pellet spill in the Mississippi River, local advocates are calling for the Army Corps of Engineers’ suspension of the Formosa Plastics permit to…
[Read More]For nearly six years, the Nucor Steel iron plant in St. James Parish released caustic sulfuric acid mist and highly flammable, rotten egg-smelling hydrogen sulfide into the air — and…
[Read Article]On July 20th, Lawyers for Inclusive Louisiana and Louisiana Bucket Brigade submitted comments to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) opposing its proposed settlement with Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC…
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