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Category: Environment
Out-of-State Attorneys General Contest Army Corps Environmental Assessment of Formosa Plastics
May 27, 2021Attorneys General from New York, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New Jersey sent a letter on Monday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers outlining their reasoning for […]
Environmental Activists Trek from New Orleans to Houston
May 21, 2021On Monday, May 10th, youth activists from the New Orleans and Houston Sunrise Movement, a national, youth-led climate justice movement dedicated to fighting the climate crisis and creating millions of […]
Analysis Says Formosa Plastics Plant Is “Financially Risky” Yet St. James Council Still Supports It
May 14, 2021St. James Parish is fed up with its council. Residents have spent years telling the council that the Formosa Plastics development will only bring sickness and death to St. James, […]
Formosa Plastics’ Land-Use Approval in St. James is “Already Null and Void”
May 12, 2021In 2019, Formosa Plastics received land-use approval from the St. James Parish Council. During the process of getting that approval, the company lacked transparency, withholding information about the burial sites […]
Report Shows 5 Refineries in LA Above “Action Level” for Cancer-Causing Benzene
May 3, 2021The Environmental Integrity Project, a non-profit watchdog focused on environmental regulation, released a report naming 5 oil refineries in Louisiana as above “action level” for benzene, a Group A carcinogen. […]
In 2020, the Net-Out Migration of Lake Charles Increased More Than Any Other City’s in the US
April 26, 2021The New York Times evaluated which metros had the biggest change in net-out migration in 2020 to see how COVID-19 impacted where people moved to and away from. The results […]
Want to Pay $300 or More to Have Your Grass Cut? The City Will Help
April 15, 2021In a press release sent out on April 14th, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office notified property owners, especially those with vacant properties, to keep their property in appropriate shape. According to […]
It Has Been 26 Days Since the Recycling in Bayou St. John Has Been Picked Up
April 14, 2021Everyone knows that Metro Disposal is trash. This was made clear last year when they fired all of their employees who went on strike to protest the company’s low pay […]
New Orleans City Council Votes Unanimously To Oppose Formosa Plastics
April 8, 2021The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to pass Resolution 92, a bill introduced by City Councilmembers Kristin Palmer and Cyndi Nguyen that would oppose the proposed Formosa […]
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