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….
[Read Article]
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…
[Read Article]
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…
[Read Article]
Some Lower Algiers residents say they are certain that soot and chemicals carried across the Mississippi River from the Chalmette Refinery have damaged their roofs, their cars and their health….
[Read Article]
It may be willing to pay residents more.
[Read Article]
Leaking pipes and valves at Louisiana’s oil refineries release an estimated 12.7 million pounds of smog-causing organic compounds into the atmosphere each year, much of it previously unreported, according to…
[Read Article]
The Shell industrial complex on Thursday pledged to take steps to improve relations with some estranged Norco residents.
[Read Article]
People living in the shadow of a Louisiana oil refinery told the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday they want the owner to relocate them.
[Read Article]