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Louisiana will receive about $2.4 million to monitor air pollution from the Environmental Protection Agency. On Thursday, the agency announced that it will funnel more than $50 million into expanding air monitoring within communities dealing with pollution nationally.
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The city’s first public offer to buy out a home built on toxic soil fell short of Gordon Plaza residents’ expectations on Friday, raising concerns that the city won’t fully fund their relocation.
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The conduct of two Louisiana agencies might have harmed Black residents living in the state’s industrial corridor, according to a letter from federal environmental regulators Wednesday.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opened a civil rights investigation into Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality and Department of Health in April over three complaints of racial discrimination when controlling air pollution and considering permits.
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Jackson’s water issues echo infrastructure struggles across the Gulf South, resulting in nearly 1,800 lawsuits over the past year and attention from the EPA.
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A Canadian fertilizer company will have to treat more than 1 billion pounds of acidic, hazardous wastewater accumulated from its now-defunct plant in Geismar and secure at least $84 million to properly close the facility, according to a settlement with federal and state environmental agencies released Thursday.
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As the Supreme Court’s term wound down, its slate of conservative justices cast a shadow of uncertainty over the future of federal environmental protection — a move that environmental and legal experts say could have wide-ranging effects in industry-friendly states like Louisiana.
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The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to set aside $35 million to relocate residents living in homes built on top of a toxic landfill on Thursday.
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Federal officials will open investigations into complaints of racial discrimination against two of Louisiana’s agencies over the handling of air pollution and permits in St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes.
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The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board announced Tuesday that it will begin modernizing sewer pipelines across the city, thanks in part to a $275 million federal loan.
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Black residents of Southeast Louisiana, dedicated to fighting air and soil pollution in their own neighborhoods and towns met with EPA Administrator Michael Regan on his “Journey to Justice,” listening tour, sharing their stories and frustrations.