The tax breaks for jobs scheme isn’t working out for Louisiana
Tax Breaks and Jobs Don’t Go Together
Tulane Study Challenges State View of Air Pollution
Researchers say state leaders avoid looking for links between industry and poor health
Judge tells Formosa to Use Updated Data
It was embarrassing to listen to LDEQ’s legal team and Formosa’s lawyers argue against accepting the data
International Human Rights Appeal Against Denka
n a request filed on Wednesday, the Concerned Citizens of St. John urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate cancer risks, recommend air pollution limits and join the group’s calls for the plant to be shut down.
EPA for Clean Air as it Revokes Trump Rule – Back to Science!
The Environmental Protection Agency is revoking a Trump-era rule that overhauled how the agency evaluates air pollutants.
Minorities more exposed to Air Pollution – No Surprise Here!
New study links people of color to pollution dangers than Whites
This is Disgusting! Pig Barn Next to You!
Life was supposed to be good. But… When Andy Aucoin bought two acres of property on Bayou Teche in western St. Mary Parish in 1996, he envisioned backyard crawfish boils, an outdoor kitchen and a swimming pool where he could
“Net Zero Is Not Zero” Presentations Now Available
Got a minute? Watch these brief presentations to get educated on critical issues facing our community today. Net Zero Is Not Zero, Part 1: (13 minutes) “How the City Council Advisors’ Clean and Renewable Portfolio Standard Can Sustain Fossil Fuel
Louisiana Needs to Improve Its Air Pollution Enforcement
Louisiana needs to improve identification of industrial polluters who do not report violations and to more aggressively enforce these violations. Identification of enforcement actions from 2015-2019 from 10 months to 20 months. “As a result, there is a risk that
Two Good News Stories in the Jan 16 Advocate
Louisiana’s Rabbit Island, eroding home to brown pelicans, gets $15.6 million facelift The first is the rebuilding of Rabbit Island near St Charles. “The lone brown pelican colony in southwest Louisiana sits on an island that, like the vast majority