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Low turnout in Baton Rouge mayoral runoff race as Sid Edwards upsets incumbent Sharon Weston Broome
Turnout for the runoff race for East Baton Rouge Mayor-President on Dec. 7 was significantly lower than that of the Nov. 5 ...
NOLA.com6d
Louisiana officials accused of inflating pollution monitor costs to kill idea aimed at industry
DEQ secretary says it would be subjective to exclude bakeries, car washes and similar small businesses from monitoring cost ...
The Advocate7d
Letters: Time to get real about balloon waste
They mostly come down on a street or a field or somewhere to become part of our plastic pollution crisis ... Legal or not, my ...
What Trump’s second administration could mean for environmental justice
President Joe Biden promised to devote 40 percent of money dedicated to cutting pollution to poor, often non-White areas. The ...
Center for Biological Diversity5y
Formosa Plastics Settles Texas Pollution Case for $50 Million, No More Plastic Releases
VICTORIA, Texas— Formosa Plastics today settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit brought by a former shrimper and San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper challenging its extensive plastic pollution of ...
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‘It will be a God-driven administration’: Republican newcomer Sid Edwards projected to win Baton Rouge mayor’s race
There will be a new mayor-president in East Baton Rouge Parish. High school football coach Sid Edwards won with 54% of the ...
The Advocate27d
Lung cancer survival in Louisiana among worst in U.S., but new treatments can help
Louisiana’s poor survival rates can be attributed to a lack of screening, high rates of smoking, fewer dollars toward getting people to stop smoking, pollution and issues with insurance covering ...
NOLA.com27d
Louisiana is among the most polluted states, with North Louisiana at the head. See parish data.
Exposure to fine particle air pollution has been linked to heart and lung problems, including decreased lung function, asthma, irregular heartbeat and heart attacks, according to the National ...