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]Patricia Harris of St. Rose, and many of her neighbors, say they have suffered for almost two weeks with a stench that has permeated the air in their community.
[Read Article]A coalition of south Louisiana activists, posted up in front of a secluded Benton office Friday morning, wheeled out 180 feet of cord to make a point.
[Read Article]Environmental and flood-protection organizations are fighting a bill aimed at giving governors more direct control over appointments to the New Orleans-area levee authorities, saying it would usher in a return…
[Read Article]The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to review, and possibly update, the standards controlling the release of hazardous air pollutants from oil refineries as part of a consent agreement with…
[Read Article]ExxonMobil must cash advance sellersburg in pay $2.329 million in a settlement, announced by the state’s Dept. of Environ-mental Quality last August and finalized early this month, to address violations…
[Read Article]Well, OK, Louisiana’s oil refineries don’t have accidents every singleday. Just six days a week on average. Actually, to be specific, 6.3 days a week.
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