Fence-Line Communities Hope Plastics Treaty Might Ease Pollution Burden
People who live with the pollution from plastics and petrochemical facilities hope the stalled talks on a global plastics treaty will limit plastic production.
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Coast Guard probes Mississippi River crash that sent five overboard. Boom used to contain sheen.
The collision between the two ships, which took place on Sunday around 7 p.m., sank the tugboat, the Patrick J. Studdert, and sent its five crew members overboard. All crew were quickly rescued and ...
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Feds set deadline to reduce sulfur dioxide pollution at this Louisiana 'carbon black' plant
The Ville Platte facility is about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge. The finding ... plant remains in “nonattainment” of federal air pollution regulations because the state missed an April ...
Supreme Court Poised to Gut Bedrock Environmental Law in Oil-Train Case
Conservatives on the Supreme Court could use a case over a proposed oil train to gut crucial health and environmental ...
Methane leaks are supercharging the climate crisis — here’s what we must do, now
In the fight against climate change, the focus is usually on carbon dioxide. Yet there is an even more potent planet-warming ...
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These big Louisiana energy plants are being scrutinized in a federal report. Here are the findings.
“We see this as a politically motivated study that aligns with the administration’s motivations to stop the use of fossil ... Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, joined him in criticizing the report.