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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

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Robert Taylor in a trailer provided by FEMA, in front of his storm-damaged home on February 12, 2022. The current push to expand the petrochemical industry and increase LNG exports would lock in an increased demand for natural gas at a time of worsening climate change. James, less than two miles from Lavigne’s home.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

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TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. Children return home from school in Channelview, Texas.

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As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US

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or SABIC, a chemical manufacturing giant tied to one of the world’s richest royal families, and Exxon Mobil, America’s biggest energy company. As climate concerns lead to a slow but steady decline in the demand for oil, the companies’ collaboration represents a shift by the fossil fuel industry.