Calling them “activists” five times in the article “Activists seek to fight plant project in St. James,” published on April 10 comes across as an attempt to discredit and marginalize…
[Read Article]Legal challenges could delay the EPA’s ability to enact the measures, which coincide with Louisiana activists’ fight against projects poised to increase air pollution.
[Read Article]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…
[Read Article]Monday, February 1st, 2021 On Tuesday, January 26th, Governor John Bel Edwards announced that Shintech is planning a $1.3 billion expansion in Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes. Governor Edwards’…
[Read More]In a speech this week unveiling a series of executive orders targeting climate change and industrial pollution, President Joe Biden said two words rarely uttered from such a high federal…
[Read Article]As part of a sweeping slate of climate policies announced Wednesday, the Biden Administration has banned all new oil leases on federal lands and water. Advocates are celebrating the move…
[Read Article]A federal judge dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit challenging Kaohsiung City, Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group’s subsidiary FG LA LLC’s wetlands permit for its complex in St. James Parish, La., after…
[Read Article]The following are excerpts from the hearing as spoken by Judge White in the matter of Formosa Plastics’ air permit for its proposed facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The…
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