To evaluate how well Biden and his departments delivered on these promises, The Associated Press spoke to some 30 environmental justice groups around the country, people who have been trying…
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Venture Global has come under fire in recent years for violating environmental regulations at its facility in Cameron, Louisiana, once the top seafood-producing town in the nation.
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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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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’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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