Residents of Louisiana are intimately familiar with the annoying Formosan termite, but now there’s 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 yesterday's city council hearing for R-21-239, the Resolution for Clean Air. Luckily, yesterday's 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, it’s 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 […]
In Louisiana, it's not uncommon for bills that stink of corruption to fly through the legislature. However, Senate Bill 203 has really outdone itself in regard to malfeasance. The bill, sponsored by Senator Mack A. "Bodi" White Jr. will not only legalize conflicts of interest on the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission in the […]
Financial news was set ablaze last week when upstart hedge fund Engine No. 1 won at least two seats on Exxon's board, siphoning shareholder votes–including backing from BlackRock–in their climate change-focused proxy battle. Chris James, Engine No. 1's founder, was hailed as a victorious, environmental activist, securing industry recognition and what Matt Levine from Bloomberg […]
Louisiana's coast is eroding. The air in Cancer Alley is toxic. The seafood industry is suffering. The nation's first climate refugees had to abandon their home's in Louisiana. No state has been more impacted by climate change. Yet, Louisiana's legislature continues to overlook protecting the environment, and in turn, their state's residents, as a priority, […]
Attorneys General from New York, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New Jersey sent a letter on Monday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers outlining their reasoning for a more comprehensive analysis of Formosa Plastics. Their comments outlined a scathing review of the New Orleans District Army Corps of Engineers' incompetence in properly […]
St. James Parish is fed up with its council. Residents have spent years telling the council that the Formosa Plastics development will only bring sickness and death to St. James, doubling the Parish's toxic air emissions. They've revealed to the council lie after lie that Formosa Plastics told to duplicitously gain land-use approval. And now […]
In 2019, Formosa Plastics received land-use approval from the St. James Parish Council. During the process of getting that approval, the company lacked transparency, withholding information about the burial sites on the property and giving incorrect information to councilmembers regarding the site plan. Although this was exposed to the St. James Parish council by RISE […]
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