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Since the Clean Air Act took effect, emissions of the most common pollutants have fallen by around 80%.
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The Environmental Protection Agency proposed tighter restrictions on air pollution from chemical plants on Thursday as part of the Biden administration’s pledge to fix long-standing environmental inequities in Louisiana, and across the country.
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Two federal agencies sued the country’s sole neoprene plant in St. John the Baptist Parish over violations of the Clean Air Act on Tuesday in hopes of forcing the company to cut emissions of a chemical that likely causes cancer.
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A Louisiana district court judge on Wednesday vacated state air permits granted to a Taiwan-based company looking to construct a $9.4 billion plastics complex in St. James Parish, further stalling a controversial project that has faced backlash from some residents and environmental advocates.
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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…
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This week on the Coastal News Roundup: legal stuff!A local levee board's lawsuit against more than 90 oil and gas companies ends after bouncing around in…
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Exxon Mobil will settle air pollution cases with the federal government and the State of Louisiana. The feds and the state of Louisiana claimed that Exxon…
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More than 120 people traveled to suburban Houston Tuesday to attend the final public hearing on new EPA rules that govern the amount of cancer-causing...