In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, many in Louisiana and around the country are wondering how to receive aid, how to support aid efforts, and how to volunteer. Here is a list of vetted charity organizations, mutual aid networks, and helpful resources for residents and those concerned elsewhere. Theres already many other great lists for […]
As Hurricane Ida threatens the Louisiana coast, residents of New Orleans and the surrounding areas are heeding the warning and evacuating en masse. Ida has the potential to be a Category 4 hurricane at landfall and come ashore around the Morgan City area, 82 miles away from New Orleans, on Sunday. The date also marks […]
A press conference was held August 23rd in Wallace by the community organization, Stop the Wallace Grain Elevator, voicing opposition and demands in response to a proposed grain terminal in Wallace, Louisiana. Representatives from the Center for Constitutional Rights, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, RISE St. James, and Louisiana Bucket Brigade were in attendance. The grain […]
Plastic may last too long, but Formosa Plastics Groups plans for a new facility in Louisiana may not. The Associated Press has reported that the Army Corps of Engineers would be conducting a full environmental review of the planned $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) facility in St. James Parish. Jaime Pinkham, the Armys acting […]
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a grassroots organization that fights for environmental justice in Louisiana, released a press statement Wednesday reporting that Nucor Steel had cancelled their planned Pelletizer Project a major expansion of their facility in St. James Parish. This comes as good news to the members of the local community and environmental organizations […]
On July 30th, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that uses grassroots action to produce petrochemical pollution accountability, released a press statement detailing a recent proposed settlement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC. The settlement finds that Nucors Romeville facility in St. James Parish repeatedly violated […]
Residents of Louisiana are intimately familiar with the annoying Formosan termite, but now theres a new pest by the name of Formosa. Formosa Plastic Group (FPG), a petrochemical company, has plans to build a new facility in St. James Parish, a parish at the heart of Cancer Alley.” The community is predominantly Black and incredibly […]
While sharing a bottle of wine a few years back, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz commiserated about how much glass was ending up in New Orleans landfills. They also cared deeply about coastal erosion. Both Tulane University students at the time, Louisiana-born Trautmann- who subsequently graduated with a degree in chemical engineering, and New Yorker […]
My Toxic Mardi Gras a headline no one here wants to read, but the possibility was brought up at yesterdays city council hearing for R-21-239, the Resolution for Clean Air. Luckily, yesterdays city council ruling brings us one step closer to minimizing that possibility. On June 28, 2021, the Jefferson-Orleans-Irish Channel Neighbors for Clean […]
Most times Entergy and the Sewerage and Water Board are in the news, its because they did something that was nefarious, unscrupulous, or that showcased their incompetence. For once, we present to you something incredible that they did. Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced a $74 million deal that will make Entergy New Orleans the primary power […]
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