Earth Day lands differently here. In New Orleans, residents don’t need reminders about the environment. They live with its consequences daily. Flooding is no longer seasonal; it’s expected. Heatwaves last longer. Insurance rates are pushing people out of their homes. And every year, the coastline slips further away. Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost over […]
Community Members Brace for More Betrayal in a New Era of Environmental Justice At the Wednesday, April 2nd meeting of the St. James Parish Council, I was shocked and personally disappointed to see that our councilmember for the 5th District of St. James, AJ Jasmin, introduced a resolution that called for the Parish Council “to […]
Louisiana is often celebrated for its rich cultural heritage, vibrant music scene, and world-renowned cuisine. However, beneath the surface of its storied history lies a darker reality: the state has become ground zero for environmental injustice. From the toxic industrial corridor known as “Cancer Alley” to the destruction of coastal wetlands that disproportionately harms marginalized […]
The 4th of July has always represented many things to many people. As we celebrated, reflecting on the holiday’s history and its evolving significance in our nation was important. Holidays like this have developed multiple meanings, from American liberation to slavery liberation. In addition to the historical and cultural implications, these celebrations also presented a […]
On Wednesday, Louisiana's 19th Judicial District Court vacated the air permits issued to Formosa Plastics for its proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish. The move is a reversal of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's decision to issue the permits and a win for local activists working against environmental racism throughout the region.
Plastic may last too long, but Formosa Plastics Group's 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 Army's acting […]
 Sandy Rosenthal, the woman who pushed the Army Corp of Engineers to admit that faulty engineering was the cause of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, has started a new podcast – Beat the Big Guys, available on Apple, Google, Spotify and other podcast channels. Rosenthal is also the author of the award-winning non-fiction book, Whispered in […]
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 […]
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 […]
On Monday, May 10th, youth activists from the New Orleans and Houston Sunrise Movement, a national, youth-led climate justice movement dedicated to fighting the climate crisis and creating millions of good jobs, set off on their "Generation On Fire: Project 400," a 400-mile trek from New Orleans to Houston. The trek represents the displacement from […]
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