This week on Behind The Lens, with little public enter, Exxon obtained native authorities approval to put in a pipeline to hold highly-compressed carbon dioxide in St. James Parish within the space extensively referred to as “Most cancers Alley”.

The plans to put the pipeline alarmingly near houses and companies, has specialists and residents involved in regards to the seeming lack of laws and public transparency. The proximity may be worrisome for any pipeline, however CO₂ pipelines are notably regarding, critics say, as a result of carbon dioxide is a clear, odorless asphyxiant that doesn’t dissipate like pure gasoline.

Deserted storage websites for leaded gasoline and lead-based pipes and paint implies that New Orleans offers with an extended legacy of lead air pollution. Lead doesn’t decompose over time, which means its contamination threat stays indefinitely. Scientists at Tulane have found an attention-grabbing discovering that would present solutions to coping with this harmful downside: the ever-present little brown lizards working round New Orleans live – and even thriving – with ranges of lead of their blood that ought to be deadly to creatures far larger, each two- and four-legged.

This week, particular company Elise Plunk of Louisiana Illuminator and Emily Sanders of ExxonKnews be a part of The Lens’ environmental reporter Delaney Nolan. 

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