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Report: Maps show Louisiana plants disproportionately located near Black communities

Report: Maps show Louisiana plants disproportionately located near Black communities
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Maps show Louisiana plants disproportionately located near Black communities: report

Thirty years ago, a report called out Louisiana’s petrochemical industry for building plants in areas with a large Black population. On Monday, a new update to the report found that little had changed, and new plants in the state’s chemical corridor are still disproportionately planned near Black communities, according to an analysis by a New Orleans-based environmental justice nonprofit.

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Maps show Louisiana plants disproportionately located near Black communities: report

Maps show Louisiana plants disproportionately located near Black communities: report
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Black residents of Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' are suing just to be 'poisoned a little less'

After years of trying, residents in Louisiana's Cancer Alley aren't asking for the giant chemical plants in their neighborhoods to leave or stop operating. They know that's an impossible ask. What they want instead is a sobering reality of environmental injustice in the United States.

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Black residents of Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' are suing just to be 'poisoned a little less'

After years of trying, residents in Louisiana's Cancer Alley aren't asking for the giant chemical plants in their neighborhoods to leave or stop operating. They know that's an impossible ask. What they want instead is a sobering reality of environmental injustice in the United States.

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Black residents of Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' are suing just to be 'poisoned a little less'

Black residents of Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' are suing just to be 'poisoned a little less'
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On second try, St. John Parish Council approves dirt pit permit on Greenfield's property

On second try, St. John Parish Council approves dirt pit permit on Greenfield's property
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How much will we sacrifice for plastics?

Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, is home to over 200 plastic and petrochemical plants — and some of the most polluted air in the U.S.

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Studies Find Louisiana Government Helped Create Cancer Alley

Two studies by researchers from the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic have confirmed that “Cancer Alley,” a 184-mile region in Louisiana along the Mississippi River with a high number of petrochemical plants as well as high cancer rates for residents, is not only real, but that government officials helped create it.

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Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find

Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find
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