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Environmental Damage Expected, but Unacceptable for Coastal Communities
This blog was written by Sheehan Moore, a researcher for Healthy Gulf
St James is a rural parish (county) in Southeast Louisiana that sits on both banks of the mighty Mississippi River. The parish is located in the 85-mile stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans known as “Cancer Alley” because it’s home to more than a hundred industrial facilities and some of the most toxic air …
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According to the Louisiana Governor’s Climate Initiatives Task Force, 66% of the carbon pollution is from industrial commodities–not the facilities that power our homes and lives. Most of these facilities in Louisiana are in African-American towns and other socially overburdened communities.
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If I had to describe the recently-completed session of the Florida Legislature, I would sum it up as preemption and more preemption, steps forward on climate adaptation and the Feds rescue Florida. Oh—and more kicking the can down the road on the issue of stopping climate change. Let’s take a look. Preemption legislation is that …
On April 20th the Louisiana Senate President signed SCR20, a resolution in support of the state’s commerce relationship with Taiwan. The resolution explicitly named the Taiwanese corporation Formosa and its planned facility in St James parish, lauding the development as an investment in the state that would represent “quality jobs” for the region. Formosa’s St …
The Louisiana Senate buddies up with Taiwan in Bid for Plastics Mega Complex with SCR20 Read More »
On Tuesday, April 27th, about 35 residents of St John the Baptist and several allies from outside the parish held a protest at the St John parish council chambers. They are concerned about a 36 silo grain elevator proposed for development in Wallace, a rural, working class, mostly Black community on the border of St …
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For over 16 years, Taylor Energy has leaked crude oil into Mississippi Canyon Block 20, threatening sargassum, dolphins, and sea turtles with a surface sheen which had extended tens of miles daily. Before Skytruth and other organizations like HealthyGulf, Southwings, LEAN, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Waterkeepers in the Gulf Monitoring Consortium stepped up their review …
Taylor Energy: We’ve got the Receipts, now Kill the Wells Read More »