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WGNO: “Enough is enough.” St. James Parish residents file federal suit against parish leaders, alleging environmental racism in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Citizens of St. James Parish, La., have announced a federal lawsuit against the parish council, claiming acts of environmental racism by local leaders in the heart of the heavily-industrialized stretch of the Mississippi River often referred to as “Cancer Alley.”