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]Amidst rumors of payoffs to council members and payment of school board employees’ salaries, RISE St. James and supporting organizations have filed a Freedom of Information Act request for all…
[Read More]Activists are calling for the halt of plans for a $9.4 billion petrochemical plant in St. James Parish after the discovery of a cemetery where it is believed slaves were…
[Read Article]Today, a Louisiana judge found that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company (BBP) trespassed on privately owned land when it constructed its oil pipeline in the sensitive Atchafalaya Basin, but allowed…
[Read More]It has been more than 50 years since the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act, but the proposed Formosa Plastics Plant shows that democracy has not fully come…
[Read More]RISE St. James has filed a Letter of Appeal to the St. James Parish Commission regarding their decision to approve FG LA, LLC’s proposal for land use. READ THE LETTER…
[See More]Citing expected out-of-state workers, flooding, air pollution and sizable state tax exemptions, an advocacy group on Wednesday appealed a St. James Parish land use decision that would help clear the…
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