A town on the brink of extinction: Modeste is facing an acute concentration of industry as a proposed new development threatens to engulf it
Delaney Nolan on the town of Modeste and a new giant industrial park planned for the area.
Tag: Living with Industry
Cameron pipeline blast shows why local air monitoring is needed, environmental group says
Air-monitoring equipment for the Habitat Recovery Project positioned 25 miles away from where Tuesday’s explosion happened, tracked a steep spike in particulate matter at the time of the explosion and other substantial increases four hours afterward, as natural gas from the pipe burned.
Wind, innovation, and clean communities are smart policy, not security threats
“Offshore wind development in the Gulf would not replace oil and gas jobs,” writes U.S. Rep. Troy Carter. “It would build on them, using the same skills Louisiana workers already possess, while reducing harmful emissions that disproportionately impact frontline communities."
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.
After losing a climate case in a Louisiana courtroom, Chevron wants a change of venue
Lawyers for the oil giant argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the matter belongs in federal court. But the heavily Republican state responded that a $744.6 million jury award in state court should stand.
Records reveal federal criminal search warrant served at Smitty’s Supply
Agents with the FBI and the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division conducted a search of the facility in November.
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.
Louisiana town fights for relief after billion-dollar oil disaster
Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.
State rejects Smitty’s Supply request to dispose of wastewater, storm runoff in drainage
Tests of the collected runoff show it was still too contaminated to be released.
Nobody seems to want carbon capture — not even Air Products
Air Products wants to off-load its risk for a proposed carbon-capture project in Lake Maurepas, which the writers see as a signal that carbon-capture technology, “a corporate experiment,” is also too risky for the state of Louisiana.
