The American Petroleum Institute’s list of requests to the incoming Trump administration would remove many of the available federal tools to rein in deadly global warming.
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Formosa Plastics insists it will respect, protect site where it’s proposed a $9 billion complex.
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New research from an environmental advocacy group seeking to identify some of those buried at the site of a proposed plastics plant along the Mississippi River in St. James Parish…
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Anne Rolfes, director of the environmental justice group Louisiana Bucket Brigade, got her start in the environmental justice space working in the Niger Delta, where Shell’s oil spills and excessive flaring—a…
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Thirteen U.S. oil refineries released the cancer-causing chemical benzene in concentrations that exceeded federal limits last year, according to government data published by the green group Environmental Integrity Project (EIP)…
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Washington Post: Huge plastics plant faces calls for environmental justice, stiff economic headwinds
The Fifth District of Louisiana’s St. James Parish was never exactly a bustling community — but it was still a community. Then the local landmarks began to disappear. Woodrow’s grocery…
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To apply: Apply through the ACLS Online Fellowship application system. For more information, please visit the Leading Edge page on the ACLS site. For more information on the Leading Edge…
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Councilmember Cyndi Nguyen previews a resolution to oppose the Formosa plastics plant in St. James Parish and other items on Thursday’s agenda
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To apply: Send an email to hiring@labucketbrigade.org with a subject line that reads Bike Ride Manager, Last Name, First Name. Attach your resume and cover letter. Applications must be submitted…
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