chemical plants

Despite being closed in September 2021 due to Hurricane Ida, the controversial Denka plant in St. John Parish still emitted rates of cancer-causing chemicals even when it wasn’t operating, according to an LSU monitoring demonstration test.

A long-promised study on cancer in St. John the Baptist Parish was released by Louisiana State University this week, but it does little to alleviate the…

A newly published study finds that residents in a majority-Black area of Saint John the Baptist Parish face extremely high rates of cancer and other…

Work must be paused on a contentious plastic manufacturing mega-plant in St. James Parish after a motion in district court.The Army Corps is considering…

Residents and a pair of environmental activist groups are suing St. James Parish over an alleged secret meeting that plaintiffs claim violated Louisiana…

Over the last few years, Denka Performance Elastomer, a chemical plant in St. John the Baptist Parish, has been in trouble with the EPA for potential…