New Orleans environmentalists and community organizations called Wednesday’s decision by Judge Trudy White a huge victory. A massive Formosa Plastics complex in St. James Parish was denied an air ...

Letting Formosa build the plant would be a disaster for the people in Cancer Alley, who have already suffered enough. Reading time 4 minutes Sharon Lavigne won the 2021 Goldman Prize for environmental ...

Gov. John Bel Edwards said the state can "strike the right balance" between economic development and the environment while continuing to encourage new businesses and industries to Louisiana.

A judge has thrown out the air permit for a massive new plastics complex in St. James Parish, telling regulators to start from the beginning. It's a major blow to the proposed $9.4 billion Formosa ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Conservation and community groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, challenging environmental permits for a Taiwan company's planned $9.4 billion plastics complex in ...

Attorneys general from five states sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday urging the agency to conduct a broader reevaluation of a permit for the operation of a controversial ...

A massive Formosa Plastics complex in St. James Parish was denied an air permit by a Louisiana judge on the grounds that it would harm the Black community, dealing a significant setback to the $9.4 ...