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]A march against the petrochemical industry, initially planned for April, will begin with a rally on May 29, and proceed from Reserve to Baton Rouge over the course of five…
[Read Article]Today, landowners, community members, environmental justice advocates, and a journalist filed a lawsuit (read it here) challenging a Louisiana law that makes it a felony punishable by up to five…
[Read More]As President Trump visits Louisiana to raise money and tout fossil fuel projects around the state, the petrochemical industry is celebrating unprecedented power at the federal level, with executive orders…
[Read More]Dear Members of the St. James Parish Council: On behalf of Ms. Genevieve Butler, Pastor Harry Joseph, Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, RISE St. James, and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade (collectively,…
[Read More]“You just get used to the smell, even when it burns your nose,” says Liz Gordon, a Louisiana native who has lived within eyesight of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery…
[Read Article]Louisiana industry leaders are praising executive orders signed by the Trump administration Wednesday, which the president says will speed up construction of pipelines and other projects for the production and…
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