Black residents win key ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ environmental racism case
Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Tag: Cancer Alley pollution
Louisiana bets big on ‘blue ammonia.’ Communities along Cancer Alley brace for the cost.
Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.
Grassroots air monitoring helps people track pollution in their own backyards. Those efforts are under threat in Louisiana.
As the state limits sharing of independent data, the Trump administration is delaying new testing requirements for dozens of chemical plants around the Mississippi River Basin.
Buyouts for a petrochemical complex threaten to erase Modeste
Lawsuit targets rezoning of land for industry, which would displace hundreds in Modeste, a predominantly Black community in Ascension Parish.
