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Louisiana Chemical Plants Are Thriving Off of Slavery

The Atlantic
‘One Oppressive Economy Begets Another’
Louisiana’s petroleum industry profits from exploiting historic inequalities, showing how slavery laid the groundwork for environmental racism.
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Sharon Lavigne was teaching a special-education class when her daughter called to tell her about the Sunshine Project. Named for its proximity to Louisiana’s Sunshine Bridge, the operation, helmed by the Taiwanese behemoth Formosa Plastics, was on track to build one of the world’s largest plastic plants. Already the air Lavigne breathed in her native St. James Parish was some of the most toxic in the United States. Now Formosa planned to spend $9.4 billion on facilities that would make polymer and ethylene glycol, polyethylene, and polypropylene ingredients found in antifreeze, drainage pipes, and a variety of single-use plastics just two miles down the road from her family home. The concentration of carcinogens in the atmosphere could triple. ....

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LOUISIANA'S GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: Gov. Edwards Announces Boards and Commissions Appointments - 04/09/2021

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions.
Louisiana State Arts Council
The Louisiana State Arts Council receives applications for matching federal funds available from the National Endowment for the Arts and such other funds made available to the council and make recommendations thereon. The Council reviews and approves or rejects said grant applications from other governmental units, community arts councils, and other private, nonprofit, and tax-exempt groups. Additionally, the Council advises departmental officers on the design and execution of an annual state plan consistent with the goals and policies of the department as provided by federal and state law, rules, and regulations, and submits the plan to the National Endowment for the Arts. ....

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