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Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a>, a nickname dating to the 1980s, is an 85-mile stretch from New Orleans to Baton Rouge that is home to some 150 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChemicalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChemicalPlants</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oil</a> refineries.Multiple studies over years point to elevated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> risks, including one in 2022 that found nearly EVERY census tract in the area ranks in the top 5% nationally for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> risk.In 2023, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin sued Denka, demanding it eliminate the dangers posed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chloroprene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chloroprene</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalJustice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

toussaint<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> on aluminum could supercharge <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> in the effort to double the metals US outputs <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariff</a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/americas-last-alumina-refinery-trade-war-spells-trade-offs-rcna196539" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/americas-last-alumina-refinery-trade-war-spells-trade-offs-rcna196539</a>

Jason Yip<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration to drop case against plant polluting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> ’s ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a>’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/trump-cancer-alley-plant-biden-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/trump-cancer-alley-plant-biden-lawsuit</a>

George StationIt took decades to make any headway at all, and that progress just got wiped out with the stroke of a Sharpie®<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-cancer-alley-residents-fight-for-public-health-after-trump-drops-biden-era-pollution-lawsuit-234285637688" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-cancer-alley-residents-fight-for-public-health-after-trump-drops-biden-era-pollution-lawsuit-234285637688</a>

Geriatric Gardener<a href="https://mastodon.green/@christineburns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@christineburns</a> Exactly!Don’t know if you’ve seen this in today’s Grauniad?It’s absolutely horrrendous & heartbreaking what the plundering US neoliberal profiteers are doing to the Gulf of Mexico and in poor Gulf states like Louisiana & Mississippi!“Trump has brought much-needed attention to a site of great tragedy: the Gulf of Mexico”by Greg Grandin<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/03/trump-gulf-of-mexico?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/03/trump-gulf-of-mexico?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gulf</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oil</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Extraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extraction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poison</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HumanCost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanCost</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a>

toussainti dont understand why these folks in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> dont want the 15 jobs this ammonia plant will provide <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateJustice</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-cancer-alley-proposed-ammonia-facility-aa73e7164e2dee1a97eb2bbe007152d6?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-cancer-alley-proposed-ammonia-facility-aa73e7164e2dee1a97eb2bbe007152d6?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter</a>

Larry NeufeldBig Oil doesn't like to take responsibility for their damages: The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: ‘I taste oil in my mouth’ <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilfuels</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/marathon-oil-fire-louisiana-cancer-alley?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/marathon-oil-fire-louisiana-cancer-alley?CMP=share_btn_url</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesIn what certainly feels like fallout from the Supreme Courts disastrous ruling against affirmative action, a Louisiana federal judge has used the "considering race is itself racism" argument to permanently block EPA intervention in the state against corporate polluters whose activities disproportionately affect marginalized, primarily non-white communities.<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/louisiana-ruling-epa-civil-rights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/louisiana-ruling-epa-civil-rights</a>Federal Judge Gives Louisiana Polluters a 'Free Pass' to Harm Communities of Color"Louisiana has given industrial polluters open license to poison Black and brown communities for generations, only to now have one court give it a permanent free pass to abandon its responsibilities," Patrice Simms, a vice president at Earthjustice, said in a statement.The ruling forbids the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice from enforcing "disparate-impact requirements" under Title VI the 1964 Civil Rights Act in the state of Louisiana. The ruling affects permitting for industrial projects and could, according to Earthjustice, even be applied to "basic services such as sewage, drinking water, and health services."Although this article is painfully brief, the background you need to know here is that for decades governments all across the country have been turning a blind eye to corporate and industrial pollution in marginalized, non-white communities; actions facilitated by the U.S. government's own racist history of "redlining" in housing policy. Although we've known about the problem for decades, the EPA under the Biden administration only recently began acting to combat this environmental racism, by applying the "disparate impact standard" of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which greenlighting contaminating facilities in non-white communities violates; violations that again, we know have been going on for decades and decades now.Well, the crackers running states like Louisiana didn't like that very much, and sued to block the EPA from bringing these types of cases, arguing that factoring in the race of the people living in communities affected by this pollution, is itself a form of racism. Which pretty much only makes sense if you accept ahistorical arguments pushed forward by white supremacists (and thus many Republicans) in our society. Realizing that this suit and others like it would eventually reach a Supreme Court prepared to turn those power-blind, ahistorical arguments into legally-binding precedent, the EPA dropped its actions against Louisiana, in effect to keep the door open a crack to combat environmental racism in the future, perhaps under a Supreme Court less high on reverse racism propaganda and fuckery.Whelp, that wasn't good enough for U.S. District Court Judge James Cain, who allowed Louisiana's suit to go through anyway, and has now issued a permanent ruling that effectively blocks the EPA and the DoJ from enforcing Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act throughout the entire state entirely - not just in the Cancer Alley investigation, but apparently for any reason at all. Although Cain didn't say so, I think any reasonable observer can conclude that along with their dismantling of Dobbs, and piece by piece destruction of the Voting Rights Act, the fascist federal judiciary is also very interested in dismantling and disempowering the Civil Rights Act as part of its quest to codify a permanent white supremacist society in America; and rulings just like Cain's are how they're going to try to achieve that objective.<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/EvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/JamesCain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamesCain</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/1964CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1964CivilRightsAct</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a>

Richard R Lee<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonCaptureGrifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonCaptureGrifters</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> go together; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greed</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Avarice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Avarice</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nihilism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nihilism</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CCS</a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BridgeToNowhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BridgeToNowhere</a> and will only increase <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbon</a> in the atmosphere. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkingTheCarbonCaptureGrift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingTheCarbonCaptureGrift</a> where it can be least afforded (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a>). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HydrogenGrifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HydrogenGrifters</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/29/carbon-capture-pollution-louisiana-cancer-alley?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/29/carbon-capture-pollution-louisiana-cancer-alley?CMP=share_btn_url</a>

JdeB333 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a>'t Was only yesterday I shared a toot on the very same topic: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOil</a> suing the EPA so as not to be forced to clean up their act. [ 24-06-19 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EnvironmentProtectionAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentProtectionAgency</a> ] Do I need to mention that the people living in the affected areas are predominantly <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PoorAndBlack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoorAndBlack</a>"Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected" by Naveena Sadasivam for Grist 11th Jun '24<a href="https://grist.org/science/louisiana-cancer-alley-ethylene-oxide-study/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grist.org/science/louisiana-cancer-alley-ethylene-oxide-study/</a>Quotes: "A new study finds levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models.""Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been known as “Cancer Alley.” The name stems from the fact that the area’s residents have a 95 percent greater chance of developing cancer than the average American.""But even though the general risks of living in the region have been clear for decades, the exact dangers are still coming into focus — and the latest data show that the EPA’s modeling has dramatically underestimated the levels of ethylene oxide in southeastern Louisiana""The monitors detected levels that were as many as 10 times higher than EPA thresholds, and the researchers were able to detect plumes of the toxin spewing from the facilities from as many as seven miles away.""DeCarlo and his team found that, in three quarters of the regions where they collected data, ethylene oxide levels were above the 11 parts per trillion threshold. On average, the level was roughly 31 parts per trillion. In some extreme cases, they observed area averages above 109 parts per trillion.""Tracey Woodruff, a professor studying the impact of chemicals on health at the University of California in San Francisco, said that the study “affirms that EPA is doing the right thing to regulate” ethylene oxide and that the agency “needs to improve their modeling data.” The levels identified by the researchers are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models.""For residents in the area, the study’s findings confirm their lived experience. Sharon Lavigne, the founder of Rise St. James, a community organization battling the expansion of the petrochemical industry in St. James Parish, told Grist that the study “is a step in the right direction” and helps the community get a deeper understanding of what they’re being exposed to. But ultimately, without accountability and follow-through, monitoring data will do little to help her family and neighbors. "

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a>'s Notorious '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a>' Is Even More <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toxic</a> Than We ThoughtA new study finds levels of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carcinogen</a> ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a>’s models.By Naveena Sadasivam, Grist June 11, 2024"Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MississippiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MississippiRiver</a> that connects <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewOrleans</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatonRouge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BatonRouge</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a>, has been known as “Cancer Alley.” The name stems from the fact that the area’s residents have a 95% greater chance of developing cancer than the average American. A big reason for this is the concentration of industrial facilities along the corridor — particularly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petrochemical</a> manufacturing plants, many of which emit ethylene oxide, an extremely potent toxin that is considered a carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency and has been linked to breast and lung cancers."Read more: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/americas-notorious-cancer-alley-is-even-more-toxic-than-1851532462?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gizmodo.com/americas-notorious-cancer-alley-is-even-more-toxic-than-1851532462?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPAFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPAFail</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oiligarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporatocracy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOil</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExxonKnew</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilKnew</a>

TakeActionTell President Biden to REJECT the toxic factory in Cancer Alley!<a href="https://action.foe.org/page/67061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://action.foe.org/page/67061</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/savetheplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#savetheplanet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmentprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmentprotection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/save_the_planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#save_the_planet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate_change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate_change</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment_protection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment_protection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatecrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate_crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate_crisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateemergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climateemergency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate_emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate_emergency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canceralley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canceralley</a>

Chuck DarwinLouisiana governor accused of using public records law to intimidate EPA and ‘Cancer Alley’ community Louisiana’s far-right government has quietly obtained hundreds of pages of communications between the Environmental Protection Agency and journalists, legal advocates and community groups focused on environmental justice. The rare use of public records law to target citizens is a new escalation in the state’s battle with the EPA over its examination of alleged civil rights violations in the heavily polluted region known as “Cancer Alley”.Louisiana sued the EPA on 19 December, alleging that the federal agency had failed to properly respond to the state’s sprawling Freedom of Information Act, or Foia, request sent by the former state attorney general Jeff Landry.Court filings note that the public records case is related to another, ongoing lawsuit brought against the EPA by Landry, a staunch advocate for the oil and gas industry who now serves as Louisiana’s governor. Shortly after Landry’s suit was filed, the EPA dropped its investigation into the Louisiana department of environmental quality’s permitting practices, which advocates say disproportionately affect Black residents in Cancer Alley.News that the state has sought to obtain such an array of communications as part of its efforts prompted allegations of intimidation from many of the Black residents who were targeted. It has also raised press freedom concerns for media organizations included in the request, described by Foia experts as extremely unusual. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/louisiana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@louisiana</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/oilpollution" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@oilpollution</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/canceralley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canceralley</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/02/louisiana-sues-epa-emails-journalists-cancer-alley-residents?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/02/louisiana-sues-epa-emails-journalists-cancer-alley-residents?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyNow</a>The Devastating Toll of the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FossilFuelIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuelIndustry</a> in <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a>’s <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO38MBoXt34" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO38MBoXt34</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:If <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Formosa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Formosa</a>'s megaproject goes through, it could more than triple <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> risk in parts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StJamesParish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StJamesParish</a>."... clearing the way for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Taiwanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taiwanese</a> chemical giant to start building its $9.4 billion <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SunshineProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SunshineProject</a> along a stretch of land on the lower <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MississippiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MississippiRiver</a> known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a>, where hundreds of chemical plants spew toxic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> into the air of predominantly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Black</a> communities"<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a><a href="https://grist.org/regulation/louisiana-court-revived-biggest-plastic-plant-formosa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grist.org/regulation/louisiana-court-revived-biggest-plastic-plant-formosa/</a>

CelloMom On Cars"The 98-page report, “‘We’re Dying Here’: The Fight for Life in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> Fossil Fuel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SacrificeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacrificeZone</a>,” documents how residents of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CancerAlley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CancerAlley</a> suffer the effects of extreme pollution from the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. Parts of Cancer Alley have the highest risk of cancer from industrial air pollution in the United States. These harms are disproportionately borne by the area’s Black residents."<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/25/us-louisianas-cancer-alley" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/25/us-louisianas-cancer-alley</a>

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