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Louisiana School Near "Cancer Alley" to Close Amid Toxic Emission Concerns and Lawsuits
The Louisiana School Board voted to close Fifth Ward Elementary due to toxic emissions concerns and low enrollment.
Majority Black Louisiana elementary school to shut down amid lawsuits over toxic air exposure
A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical ...
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Elementary school next to controversial Louisiana chemical plant to shut down next year
The school is also in a U.S. census tract with the highest risk of cancer from air pollution in the country, according to an ...
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'False Solution': Questions mount over dangers of carbon capture in Cancer Alley
On Jan. 27, 2021, newly-elected President Joe Biden announced the Justice40 initiative. The initiative’s goals are ambitious: ...
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Louisiana industrial plant fined $480,000 for releasing cancer-causing chemicals. What we know
DuPont Plant is located in Reserve Louisiana, which also happens to be located within what is known as “Cancer Alley,” or the “Chemical Corridor,” in South Louisiana. Cancer Alley exists ...
The Advocate11d
DuPont plant in Louisiana fined $480,000 for release of cancer-causing chemical
DuPont’s LaPlace chemical manufacturing facility has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to halt the ...
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Fighting Environmental Racism In Cancer Alley
Environmental racism—defined as racial disparities in environmental risks from exposure to any toxin or from climate ...
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DuPont Plant in Louisiana Fined $480,000 for Releasing a Cancer-Causing Chemical
Louisiana, and is within an 85-mile (137-kilometer) stretch of the state known officially as the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor. Colloquially it is called Cancer Alley. Daniel Turner ...