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]Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) said on Friday night a fire at its 596,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Garyville, Louisiana refinery was nearly extinguished, but fire suppression work was continuing to prevent flareups.
[Read Article]“Such events are an all-too-common and exceptionally dangerous reality for those living within fossil fuel and petrochemical ‘sacrifice zones,’” observed one researcher.
[Read Article]Inspection records and incident investigation reports from state, federal regulators indicate the Marathon Oil Refinery in Garyville has had some serious problems.
[Read Article]After a chemical leak and fire at the Marathon Oil refinery in Garyville, LA, on August 25, Anne Rolfes, the Executive Director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, released a statement…
[Read More]A chemical release and fire at Marathon Petroleum Co.’s refinery prompted a mandatory evacuation Friday for part of Garyville, with people living and working within a two-mile radius as well…
[Read Article]Inspection records and incident investigation reports from state, federal regulators indicate the Marathon Oil Refinery in Garyville has had some serious problems.
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