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Agency Cracks Down On St. James Plant Over Safety Problems
- July 12, 2023
- Posted by: INCLUSIVE LOUISIANA
- Category: Media
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An ore refining complex in St. James Parish has had so many serious worker health and safety violations in the past year that federal regulators say they will pull its workers off the job if another serious violation is found.
This Deadly Chemical Should Be Banned
- February 20, 2023
- Posted by: INCLUSIVE LOUISIANA
- Category: Media
Like a scene out of some postapocalyptic movie, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio convened a news conference on Feb. 5 to deliver a stark warning. “We are ordering them to leave,” he said of residents of the small rural community of East Palestine, Ohio, and a neighboring part of Pennsylvania. “This is a matter of life and death.”
“Cancer Alley”: Louisiana petchems target Black communities
- February 15, 2023
- Posted by: INCLUSIVE LOUISIANA
- Category: Media
The global plastics and petrochemical industry wants to build toxic facilities in Black communities. But residents of “Cancer Alley,” Louisiana, are fighting back.