It’s no secret that pollution from the petrochemical industry is accelerating rates of cancer, respiratory disease, and other serious illness in Louisiana communities. For too long, laws meant to protect the health and safety of Americans have failed to deliver, and frontline communities, especially people of color and low-income families, have been left to fight virtually on their own. […]
Category: Environment
Activists Criticize Louisiana’s Inconsistent Action on Climate Change
August 15, 2023Last week, Louisiana politicians gathered for the groundbreaking of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, a $3 billion effort expected to restore 21 square miles of Louisiana coastline. While the project is being hailed by many as a huge step forward in combating climate change and land loss, others have noted that it seems hypocritical in the face of other actions taken by the state.
Black Environmental Justice Activists Respond to EPA Decision to Drop Cancer Alley Investigation
July 7, 2023During ESSENCE Fest, five Black female environmental justice activists responded to the EPA’s decision to drop it’s civil rights investigation into Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Health.
Cameron Parish’s Venture Global LNG Export Facility Disappoints Environmentalists by Continually Violating Permits
May 26, 2023With the help of former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Arlington Virginia-based Venture Global – a producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from “resource rich” North American natural gas basins – opened its first facility located in Cameron Parish at Calcasieu Pass in January, 2022. The company is currently exporting 12 million tonnes per annum […]
Will Air Products Desecrate Graves of the Enslaved in Ascension Parish?
April 17, 2023Air Products wants to build a hydrogen and ammonia plant in Burnside, Louisiana, on the former Orange Grove Plantation – once owned by John Burnside who by 1860 enslaved over 750 people on his sugar plantations in the town named after him. Records recently obtained from the Louisiana Division of Archeology show that Air Products […]
Long Since Gone, Can Black Residents Regain Thriving Community on Claiborne Without “Monster” Interstate?
April 5, 2023Today, Interstate-10 towers over Claiborne Avenue, cutting a path through the Treme and Seventh Ward. Some residents call it “The Monster,” its massive, concrete pillars lord the raised highway — as well as its accompanying noise and air pollution — over what remains of one of New Orleans’ most historic communities. Raynard Sanders, executive director […]
Louisiana Bucket Brigade Responds to Scalise-Led Energy Legislation
April 1, 2023The U.S. House of Representatives’ recent passage of energy legislation aimed at expanding mining and fossil fuel production in the U.S. brought a quick rebuke from the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and similar organizations. Authored by Steve Scalise, the legislation dubbed by environmentalists as “The Polluters Over People Act,” would repeal crucial portions of President Biden’s […]
Republican Controlled States Are Leading the Race To Make Money From Recycling
March 1, 2023As states with Democratic-controlled legislatures focus on recycling plastic waste, states where members of the Republican Party control the legislature are benefiting financially from the output of a high-temperature plastic melting process, according to the online newsletter PoliticoPro. California and New York are among the states which have recently passed new laws which increase recycling […]
RISE St. James Has Full Agenda To Combat Environmental Racism in 2023
January 11, 2023In 2018 Sharon Lavigne was just an every-day special education teacher at St. James High School who was tired of the foul odors in her St. James Parish neighborhood when she decided to make the leap to environmental justice advocate. “When my daughter told me that a $1.2 billion plant might be built two miles […]
Oyster South Seeks To Expand Southern Oyster Farming and Educate About Its Many Benefits
January 9, 2023Oyster South is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that connects communities and provides resources to foster the success of oyster farming in the southern United States. The organization’s mission is to spotlight and expand the environmental and economic benefits of oyster farming in the South, which will increase sustainable seafood production, improve the health of our waters, increase the prosperity of our coastal communities and elevate appreciation for Southern farm-raised oysters.
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