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]After battling court challenges from environmentalists and others, the builders of the controversial Bayou Bridge Pipeline across southern Louisiana say they will be able to carry crude oil from the…
[Read Article]Members of RISE St. James and their supporters continue to rally in opposition to the presence of more petrochemical plants in St. James Parish’s historic African American community. At a…
[Read More]Today, more than a dozen environmental advocates are demanding that Louisiana’s oil and gas industry begin the long-overdue process of developing a comprehensive plan for the state to transition away…
[Read More]Taiwanese company Formosa received a coastal use permit from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources last week, authorizing construction of a plastics plant in St. James parish.
[Read Article]Shouting “shut it down” on the front lawn of Mosaic Fertilizer’s administrative office, a collection of St. James Parish residents, outside environmental activists and pastors called Wednesday for the state…
[Read Article]The St. James Parish Council has ratified land-use restrictions on a proposed $9.4 billion Formosa Chemical plant slated for a poor, rural section of the parish where residents have complained…
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