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]From TheGuardian.com: For the second time in two months the moral revival campaigner and civil rights leader the Rev William Barber has visited an area of toxic pollution in Louisiana…
[Read Article]The Coalition Against Death Alley (CADA) resumes its two-week campaign against petrochemical pollution and environmental injustice Wednesday, Oct. 23 with a march to the proposed site of the Formosa Plastics…
[Read More]Given how busy the community group RISE St. James has become in recent months, it may surprise some observers that founder Sharon Lavigne is a relative newcomer to community organizing….
[Read More]Dozens of advocates gathered on New Orleans’ west bank Wednesday, Oct. 16 to begin the Coalition Against Death Alley’s March Against Death Alley. Organizers led marchers from a meeting point at…
[Read More]The Coalition Against Death Alley (CADA) kicks off the March Against Death Alley Tuesday, Oct. 15 with an opening rally in the city of New Orleans. CADA and its partners…
[Read More]The Coalition Against Death Alley (CADA) will lead residents, community advocates, clergy, students and other concerned citizens along Cancer Alley in the March Against Death Alley from Oct. 16 to…
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