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“Certainly Intimidation”: Louisiana Sues EPA for Emails With Journalists and Cancer Alley Residents
2024-02-02 by in The InterceptThe state’s far-right government is escalating its fight against environmental protection with a rare use of public records law.
Tagged under: Louisiana
Louisiana court upholds air permits for petrochemical complex in Cancer Alley
2024-01-23 in The GuardianDecision helps clear path for Formosa Plastics to build US’s largest petrochemical complex of its time
Tagged under: Louisiana
Rep. Mike Johnson - Campaign Finance Summary
2023-12-13 (or before) in Open SecretsFundraising profile for Rep. Mike Johnson - Louisiana ( District 04)
Tagged under: US Politics | Louisiana | Finance
Frontline Communities Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Plastics Giant Formosa
2023-10-30 by in DeSmogCommunities around the world impacted by the plastics giant Formosa are launching a global hunger strike on October 31. Fishers, organizers, and concerned citizens in Texas, Vietnam and Louisiana — areas that are home to existing or proposed Formosa plants — have supported each other's efforts to mobilize against the Taiwan-based firm, forming the organization International Monitor Formosa Alliance (IMFA). Now the alliance is launching a hunger strike to demand that the victims of a 2016 environmental disaster in central Vietnam caused by Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, a subsidiary of the Formosa Plastics G...
Tagged under: Fish | Louisiana | Texas
Mike Johnson's First Big Bill Cuts Biden's Climate Funding - Bloomberg
2023-10-26 in BloombergThe first major legislation House Republicans passed under newly installed Speaker Mike Johnson would cut billions of dollars in consumer rebates for energy efficiency upgrades included in President Joe Biden’s signature climate law.
Tagged under: US Politics | Legislation | Joe Biden | Renewable Energy | Louisiana
Fossil fuel firms spent millions on US lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest bills
2023-10-25 in The GuardianAbout 60% of oil and gas operations protected from protest due to money spent on lobbying, says Greenpeace USA report
Tagged under: Exxon | Louisiana | Fossil Fuels | Activism | Greenpeace
Seven dead after 'super fog' causes huge pile-up in New Orleans
2023-10-24 in The BBCDense fog caused a pile-up of more than 150 vehicles near New Orleans, killing seven and wounding 25.
Tagged under: Louisiana
‘Everything out the faucet is salt’: Louisianans struggle as drinking water crisis persists
2023-10-20 in The GuardianNew Orleans has avoided losing drinking water due to a saltwater ‘wedge’ traveling up the Mississippi River – but in Plaquemines parish, it has already happened
Tagged under: Rivers | Louisiana
Saltwater threat to Louisiana drinking water to grow across US, experts warn
2023-10-10 in The GuardianLouisiana residents face crisis as seawater penetrates low-lying Mississippi but scientists say other coastal cities likely to be affected over time
Tagged under: Oceans | Rivers | Louisiana | Sea Level
A saltwater wedge climbing the Mississippi River threatens drinking water - The Washington Post
2023-09-21 in The Washington PostA saltwater wedge is making its way up the drought-stricken Mississippi River, threatening drinking water. New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell signed an emergency declaration Friday.
Tagged under: Drought | Rivers | Louisiana
Dozens of wildfires burn in Louisiana amid scorching heat: "This is unprecedented" - CBS News
2023-08-27 (or before) in CBS Newsextreme
Tagged under: Louisiana | Wildfires
Louisiana residents told to ‘get out now’ in face of sweeping wildfire
2023-08-25 in The GuardianNearly 1,000 people in Merryville, in Beauregard parish close to Texas border, ordered to evacuate as Tiger Island fire burns nearby
Tagged under: Louisiana | Texas | Wildfires
Global South issues in the Global North? A fossil toxic tour through Texas and Louisiana - Part 2 | EnergyTransition.org
2023-08-10 in EnergyTransition.org | The Global EnergiewendeIn May 2023, Andy Gheorghiu travelled along the US Gulf coast and visited LNG export sites (operating, under construction and planned) which have been co-financed by German banks or enabled through…
Tagged under: Louisiana | Texas | Finance
Record-breaking Texas heatwave enters third week as thousands lose power
2023-06-24 in The GuardianNew Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas also face scorching temperatures as heat dome settles over US south-west
Tagged under: Louisiana | Texas | Fossil Fuels
This nine-year-old was enslaved in the US. Her story could help stop a chemical plant
2022-09-20 in The GuardianThe life stories of enslaved people are crucial to a legal battle over a Louisiana petrochemical facility that could triple residents’ exposure to carcinogens
Tagged under: Activism | Louisiana
Republican Group of State Financial Officers Takes on Woke Capitalism - EXPOSEDbyCMD
2022-05-29 (or before) by in exposedbycmd.orgRepublican treasurers, auditors, and staff from 16 states are huddling together with corporate lobbyists and an array of right-wing groups for the State Financial Officers Foundation's Annual Meeting in New Orleans this week to discuss strategies to combat "woke" policies, fake news, and China.
Tagged under: Capitalism | Louisiana
US to hold surprise plant inspections targeting pollution in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
2022-01-26 in The GuardianEnvironmental Protection Agency seeks to protect local community from sites suspected of air pollution violations
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Louisiana
This is what a year of climate disasters looked like
2021-12-19 (or before) in YouTubeFrom -25C temperatures in Spain to a record-equalling 54.4C in Death Valley, the extremes of our climate are becoming more acute. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/...
Tagged under: Spain | Extreme Weather | Texas | California | Louisiana
Louisiana Shell refinery left spewing chemicals after Hurricane Ida
2021-09-04 in The GuardianPower outages from the storm have left air quality tracking systems out of commission, making public health concern hard to gauge
Tagged under: Shell | Louisiana | Health
La. Grandma Takes on Chemical Companies in Cancer Alley 'Like a Roaring Lion' — and Succeeds
2021-08-12 (or before) in People.com | Celebrity News, Exclusives, Photos and VideosTeacher-turned-environmental champion Sharon Lavigne was recently awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for stopping a $1.25 billion plastics plant from coming to her community
Tagged under: Louisiana
Life Cycle of Oil and Gas Fields in the Mississippi River Delta: A Review
2021-05-15 (or before) in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsOil and gas (O&G) activity has been pervasive in the Mississippi River Delta (MRD). Here we review the life cycle of O&G fields in the MRD focusing on the production history and resulting environmental impacts and show how cumulative impacts affect coastal ecosystems. Individual fields can last 40–60 years and most wells are in the final stages of production. Production increased rapidly reaching a peak around 1970 and then declined. Produced water lagged O&G and was generally higher during declining O&G production, making up about 70% of total liquids. Much of the wetland loss in the delta ...
Tagged under: TotalEnergies | Rivers | Louisiana | Wetlands
Bill seeks to make Louisiana ‘fossil fuel sanctuary’ in bid against Biden’s climate plans
2021-05-09 in The GuardianRepublicans and Democrats are introducing bills to push against Biden’s new restrictions on oil and gas companies
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Louisiana | Fossil Fuels
UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley as 'Environmental Racism'
2021-03-03 by in DeSmogHuman rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement on March 2 raising concerns about the further industrialization of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” This largely Black-populated stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge is lined with more than a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants. The experts said additional petrochemical development in this region, which U.S. Environmental […]
Tagged under: Rivers | Louisiana
From Pollution to the Pandemic, Racial Equity Eludes Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community
2021-02-25 by in DeSmogMary Hampton, president of the Concerned Citizens of St. John the Baptist Parish, a community group in Louisiana fighting for clean air, opted to do everything in her power to avoid getting the coronavirus after Robert Taylor, the group’s founder, was hospitalized with COVID-19 earlier this year. So she got vaccinated as soon as she […]
Tagged under: Louisiana
After criminal charges against them are dropped, prominent Louisiana environmentalists vow to keep fighting chemical plants - Louisiana Illuminator
2020-12-21 in lailluminator.comThe East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office announced it would not pursue charges against organizers with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade.
Tagged under: Louisiana
Reuters finds 3,810 U.S. areas with lead poisoning double Flint’s
2020-09-01 (or before) in ReutersSince last year, Reuters has obtained neighborhood-level blood lead testing results for 34 states and the District of Columbia. This data allows the public its first hyper-local look at communities where children tested positive for lead exposure in recent years.
Tagged under: Children | USA | Louisiana | California | Health | Women and Children
Louisiana Environmental Activists Charged With “Terrorizing”
2020-06-25 by Alleen Brown in The InterceptTwo activists face 15 years in prison for sending plastic pellets to an industry advocate affiliated with the Taiwanese petrochemical giant Formosa.
Tagged under: Louisiana | Activism
US climate activists charged with 'terrorizing' lobbyist over plastic pollution stunt
2020-06-25 in The GuardianAnne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh face up to 15 years in prison after delivering box of plastic pellets found as pollution
Tagged under: Activism | Louisiana
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