A proposed $9.4 billion plastics plant received another body blow last week, after a Louisiana state judge vacated 14 state permits and lambasted regulators for failing to live up to their “constitutional public trust duty.”
By Douglas Fischer, Environmental Health News, Children’s Health Defense, Sept. 20, 2022
A proposed $9.4 billion plastics plant received another body blow last week, after a Louisiana state judge vacated 14 state permits and lambasted regulators for failing to live up to their “constitutional public trust duty.”
The ruling is a clear environmental justice win for residents of Welcome, Louisiana, a small community with a 99% minority population, 87% of whom identify as Black. …
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