Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012.
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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…
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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…
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Today, a broad base of Louisiana advocacy groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, represented by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, argued their petition to intervene in the…
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SPOTLIGHT ON SPILLS: ST. JAMES PARISH January 1, 2017 to February 25, 2018 The National Response Center is the federal point of contact for oil spills and chemical accidents. During…
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Newly released data from the federal government’s National Response Center revealed today that petrochemical plants in St. James Parish had 37 accidents in the last 14 months, including multiple releases…
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Phillips 66, the 40-percent owner of the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline, wants to build another 94-mile crude oil pipeline from what it calls the St. James oil market hub to…
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On behalf of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a public records request with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) seeking records related to the…
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The historic resistance to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline continued this week as ten trained Water Protectors deployed to six locations along the pipeline route. Most of the deployments were to…
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