air pollution

The proposed $1.3 billion plant would have been the largest in the world.

“The main takeaway is that a business-as-usual approach is neither sustainable nor advisable,” said U.S. Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm during a press call on Tuesday.

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board will shutter a predominantly Black elementary school that sits on the fenceline of a chemical plant. The decision came after eight years of pressure from community groups, federal agencies and lawyers.

Since the Clean Air Act took effect, emissions of the most common pollutants have fallen by around 80%.

Smith kicked off her first gospel concert tour in one of the country’s largest hotspots for toxic air last week: Louisiana’s chemical corridor.

Philanthropic and government investments in environmental justice are helping nonprofits push back against industrial development.

A bulk storage facility plans to join with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in a ‘Cancer Alley’ community.

Environmental justice activists from opposite sides of the world came together on Friday in New Orleans to discuss their fights against the petrochemical industry. The event raised awareness about the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster in India.

The new ruling bars Louisiana from considering whether to permit industrial facilities in communities already facing a disparate impact from pollution.

Brown University and Tougaloo College students are testing for potential air and noise pollution near the Drax wood pellet plant in Gloster, Mississippi.