The Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition has published a declaration regarding the United Nations, Cancer Alley, and the proposed industrial plant by Formosa Plastics. Please take a moment to read it.
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Plastic Killed an Endangered Whale
A rare whale that only lives in the Gulf died and washed up in the Florida Everglades. The cause of death – industry. An exceedingly rare and mysterious whale species recently found to live only in the Gulf of Mexico
Many Ways to Help but the Diversion is a Big One
Over 30 years ago two organizations emerged to protect the Louisiana coast. The Pontchartrain Conservancy (originally known as the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation) and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana were new organizations, but the problems they sought to correct
Plaquemines Parish Says No
With an 8-0 vote, Plaquemines Parish Council voted against the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion as it will hurt the Parishes economy and culture. In the strongest note of resistance to date, the Plaquemines Parish Council has decided to oppose Louisiana’s $2
City Council Says NO to Formosa
More symbolic than effective, the New Orleans City Council yest said no to the Formosa plant. The New Orleans City Council expressed unanimous opposition Thursday to the planned Formosa Plastics plant in St. James Parish, raising concerns about how the
Houses Built on a Landfill – Buyouts Considered
Maybe it is time to celebrate! Jesse Perkins fears for his granddaughter each time she plays in the backyard. Patches barren of grass mean more than just dusty clothes; she could ingest some of the toxic soil on which Perkins’
NO City Council to Oppose Formosa
The New Orleans City Council is considering a resolution opposing a massive Taiwanese plastics facility in St. James Parish that could release the same type of tiny pellets that blanketed New Orleans riverbanks last summer. The resolution, slated for consideration
New Orleans Activist on White House Panel
Dr. Beverly White, founder and executive director of the New Orleans-based Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, has been selected to sit on a White House Advisory Council looking at racial injustice. The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council is one
The Sediment We Need is Behind Missouri River Dams
We need it. South Dakota and Nebraska have it. What is it? Sediment! A growing mountain’s worth of Missouri River silt and sand that would have flowed to the Mississippi River and down to Louisiana has instead been trapped behind a border dam
Oil Industry Backs Federal Price on Carbon Emissions
The oil and gas industry’s top lobbying group on Thursday endorsed a federal price on carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, a reversal of long-standing industry policy that comes as the Biden administration has pledged dramatic steps to