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Synthetic rubber plant in focus amid Louisiana community's high cancer risk
CBS News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoReserve, Louisiana — Up and down Lydia Gerard's street in the small Louisiana community of Reserve,...
Louisiana chemical company sued for cancer risk to Black residents
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDenka's factory in Reserve, Louisiana The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Tuesday (Feb. 28)...
Toxic school: How the government failed Black residents in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA rubber plant near an elementary school in southern Louisiana has been emitting a carcinogenic...
EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agencysaid it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face The post EPA:...
Judge bars EPA from enforcing Civil Rights Act provision in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA federal judge on Tuesday night blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the...
Thousands exposed to cancer-causing chemical in Louisiana, feds say. What’s chloroprene?
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoThousands of people living near a company’s chemical plant that regularly releases a cancer-causing...
Appeals court green lights new petrochemical plant in Lousiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Louisiana appeals court has ruled that plans for a petrochemical facility can proceed in a part of...
Louisiana congressman calls New Rochelle attorney 'boo' in climate change hearing
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA House of Representatives committee hearing about the role large oil companies have contributed to...
Frontline communities of color fighting for environmental justice won’t wait on Biden much longer
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoOPINION: The plastics industry thrives on the backs of predominantly Black and brown communities,...
‘We’re Not Going to Take a Victory Lap’: The People on the Front Lines of the LNG Fight
Heatmap News via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoOn paper, the names look like a roster of nursing home residents: Rita and Katrina, Ike and Gustav,...