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]In keeping with the parish’s decades long practice of siting polluting facilities in the Black districts of St. James Parish, the St. James Parish council last night rejected an appeal…
[Read More]A delegation of Southwest Louisianans will travel to New York City to participate in demonstrations to protect their homes and livelihoods from the gas export terminal buildout in the Gulf…
[Read More]Documents reveal air monitoring detected carcinogens from burning petroleum; residents with respiratory issues file lawsuit.
[Read Article]On August 22, Ret. Gen. Russell Honore, founder of the environmental alliance of civic and community groups GreenARMY, hosted a town hall at the Old Hackberry Community Center with fishermen,…
[Read Article]Four days after a chemical storage tank began leaking and ignited, blackening the St. John Parish skies in plumes of smoke, officials say the last of the hot spots have been…
[Read Article]Days following the fire at Marathon Petroleum, the cause of the incident has not been explained. However, it left Louisiana Bucket Brigade Founder Anne Rolfes angry. She claims industries get…
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