Mississippi River watershed communities like Bay City, Wisconsin are feeling the effects of environmental degradation. Advocates hope a proposed federal funding program, based on a successful initiative in the Great Lakes, could change this.
The resolution, which the company has agreed to, now goes to the full council for final approval.
The council will engage with a third-party entity to study the economic and environmental impacts of such projects.
There are more than 30 industrial sites in the parish.
Houston-based Cheniere asks to be exempt from rule limiting hazardous emissions, including formaldehyde.
Contract sent to Sher Garner firm for completion, despite objections from some City Council members.
Groups opposed to the project say construction could damage what they say is a historically significant site, possibly containing graves of enslaved people from nearby plantations.
The report shows increasingly wetter conditions over the past few decades in the floodplain — a trend that, spurred by climate change and land-use practices, looks likely to continue.
The remaining residents of the subdivision have been fighting for relocation funding for years.
The proposed consent decree would settle a suit filed by environmental organizations and a group of residents of St. John the Baptist Parish.
