Proposed Grain Elevator Charged By Community With Environmental Racism

August 27, 2021

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 […]


Formosa Plastics’ Land-Use Approval in St. James is “Already Null and Void”

May 12, 2021

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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