Louisiana pipeline explosion exhibits deep risks of LNG buildout for our communities, in Louisiana and past
When a fuel pipeline exploded close to Holly Seashore in Cameron Parish earlier this month, it left one employee injured and despatched an infinite orange fireball and thick clouds of fuel into the air. It additionally provided a blazing warning…
Dying, drained communities: Cameron Parish is a continuing warning, not an exception, to the risks of LNG
Right here in Southwest Louisiana, each morning appears like a battle for clear air. The latest explosion in Cameron Parish on the gasoline pipeline owned by Delfin Liquid Pure Gasoline (LNG) is a stark reminder of the risks that hang-out…
Louisiana bets massive on ‘blue ammonia.’ Communities alongside Most cancers Alley brace for the associated fee.
This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling local weather motion. Join Floodlight’s publication right here. From her dwelling in Donaldsonville, La., lower than three miles from the world’s largest ammonia plant, Ashley Gaignard says…
Wind, Innovation, and Clear Communities Are Good Coverage, Not Safety Threats
America’s vitality energy has by no means come from selecting sides. It has come from constructing, adapting, and main. That’s the reason the Trump administration’s determination to droop a number of offshore wind tasks alongside the East Coast is deeply…
HRI Communities closes financing to launch redevelopment of historic Touro Shakspeare website
KEY TAKEAWAYS: HRI Communities closed financing to renovate the Touro Shakspeare almshouse into 52 inexpensive senior residences. The $26 million venture follows a city-funded stabilization section accomplished in September. All models will serve low-income seniors with Part 8 vouchers and…
Trump-fueled gasoline growth has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge
This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling local weather motion. Join Floodlight’s e-newsletter right here. For greater than a decade, Rebekah Hinojosa has fought the buildout of liquefied pure gasoline terminals close to the…
The United Nations International Plastics Treaty: validating the struggles of fenceline communities in Louisiana
In mid-November, days earlier than this week’s remaining United Nations assembly to debate plastic air pollution, the Biden Administration declared that it not supported a cap on new plastic manufacturing, as a part of a world treaty to guard environmental…