Die Anlage würde von Formosa Plastics, einem taiwanesischen Unternehmen, in St. James Parish, einer der Louisiana River Parishes, einer einkommensschwachen, hauptsächlich schwarzen Gemeinde, die bereits weit mehr als ihren Anteil an der industriellen Verschmutzung hat, gebaut werden. Daher der Name: Cancer Alley. Die vorgeschlagene Anlage, die Formosa das Sunshine Project (benannt nach einer örtlichen Brücke) nennt, wäre eine der größten Kunststofffabriken der Welt. Sie hat die Genehmigung sowohl des Staates als auch der lokalen Behörden erhalten – immerhin handelt es sich um eine Investition von 9,4 Milliarden Dollar -, so dass es an den Anwohnern liegt, auf eigene Faust zu kämpfen, um ihr Gemeinwesen zu retten.
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ACLU of Louisiana Statement on Fatal Shooting by Lafayette Police Officers
The report finds that fatal shootings by police are so routine that, even during a national pandemic, with far fewer people traveling outside of their homes, police have continued to fatally shoot people at the same rate so far in 2020 as they did in the same period from 2015 to 2019.
Louisiana Governor Asks Judge to Resign After Racist Texts
LeBlanc’s district spans Ascension, Assumption and St. James parishes, which lie along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans and includes portions of both cities’ metropolitan areas. The area, still rich in architecturally significant plantation homes, was once abundant in crops tended by black slaves. Today, factories and refineries replace the crops in portions of the district that lie inside what has become known as Cancer Alley.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards Wins Re-Election
A rare Democratic governor in the Deep South fends off challenge from Trump-backed Republican
2 Louisiana police officers fired over Facebook post suggesting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot
The incident underlines not only the outsized attention Ocasio-Cortez has drawn as the face of an evolving Democratic Party, but also a heated political climate in which Capitol Police say threats against members of Congress continue to climb.