The EPA has agreed to investigate allegations that Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by failing to control air pollution in parishes packed with refineries and petrochemical plants, a region some call cancer alley.
signed into law this summer. It requires auctions of new offshore oil and gas leases.
About 30 miles upriver from Reserve is Welcome, a sparsely populated stretch of St. James Parish. It’s an area of heavy industry and sugarcane fields. Many of its mostly Black residents have deep local roots and family nearby. “It’s too close to the neighborhood,” she said, adding that she didn’t know about Formosa’s plans until it felt like a done deal.
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