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According to new research shared exclusively with Floodlight, in Louisiana’s majority Black communities in the area known as “Cancer Alley,” because of its high concentration of polluting industries, the majority of jobs go to white workers. Similar disparities occur in minority-dominant communities along Texas’ Gulf Coast, where the majority of workers are white.
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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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Louisiana allows more toxic chemicals to enter its waterways than most of the country, landing among the top-five states in a new analysis from three national environmental advocacy groups.
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A Canadian fertilizer company will have to treat more than 1 billion pounds of acidic, hazardous wastewater accumulated from its now-defunct plant in Geismar and secure at least $84 million to properly close the facility, according to a settlement with federal and state environmental agencies released Thursday.
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Land runoff from farms and home sewage systems is the greatest threat to Louisiana’s waterways, according to a new analysis from the Environmental Integrity Project, a national nonpartisan watchdog.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards has unveiled a plan to make the state carbon-neutral by 2050.Edwards signed two executive orders at a Coastal Protection and…
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The Trump administration is rolling back environmental protections for wetlands and streams as outlined by the Water of the United States rule. The…
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The residents of Gordon Plaza continue to lobby city government to do something about the polluted land the community was built on. Advocates met with…
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This week on Le Show, Harry brings us News From Outside the Bubble, News of the Warm, This Is Your Brain On the War On Drugs, News of the Godly, News of…
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A massive reservoir of industrial wastewater is threatening to burst near the Mississippi River, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. It’s an acidic…