We can ban single use plastics, especially since recycling is not available.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07l0ftg/what-happened-after-this-nation-banned-plastic-
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Monday, November 18, 2019
Formosa plastics
"If [Formosa Plastics] emits all the chemicals it proposes in its permit application, it would rank in the top 1% nationwide of major plants in America in terms of the concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals in its vicinity." We need to stop the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality from approving Formosa's permit applications. We cannot allow such extreme environmental racism to happen in our state; we have to #StopFormosa and stop the genocide. Sign the petition at
Saturday, November 16, 2019
benzene standard needs to change
Louisiana’s benzene standard is more than twice as lenient as the Texas
standard, which is over 30 times looser than that of Massachusetts. (States
enforce their standards in different ways.)
Lylla Younes Oct 30 2019 Why Louisiana's Air Quality is going from bad to worse in 3 Charts
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-louisianas-air-quality-is-going-from-bad-to-worse-in-3-charts
Read the full investigation here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worse
This article was produced in partnership with The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Clean Water Act before U S Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. —
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, Nov. 6, in County of Maui v. Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, a case that will decide whether the Clean Water Act regulates pollution discharges that “indirectly” enter protected waters, the outcome of which could imperil clean water across the nation. Oral arguments start at 10 AM EST.
The case concerns a Maui wastewater facility that discharges millions of gallons of treated sewage each day into the Pacific Ocean via the groundwater beneath the facility, which has devastated a formerly pristine reef. The County of Maui argues it does not need Clean Water Act permits for such an action because it is not discharging directly into waters protected by the Clean Water Act. However, the Clean Water Act does not require a “direct” injection of wastewater in waters of the U.S. Both the Hawaiʻi District Court and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the County’s argument and concluded that the County of Maui is violating the Clean Water Act.
Earthjustice represents four Maui groups — Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Peter Arkle illustrations
Pacific Gas & Electric starts shutting off power to thousands of California customers as an ongoing fire safety precaution.
A heat wave bakes India. Temperatures in Rajasthan reach 123 degrees F, and the four reservoirs that supply Chennal (population 9.1 million) go dry.
Republican lawmakers in 18 states want to criminalize protests against fossil fuel infrastructure like pipelines.
illustrations by Peter Arkle, Sierra Magazine September/October 2019
A heat wave bakes India. Temperatures in Rajasthan reach 123 degrees F, and the four reservoirs that supply Chennal (population 9.1 million) go dry.
Republican lawmakers in 18 states want to criminalize protests against fossil fuel infrastructure like pipelines.
illustrations by Peter Arkle, Sierra Magazine September/October 2019
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Wanhua Drops Application for Land Use in St James
Wanhua drops application for land use in St James but is still looking for a U S based location, possibly still in St James Parish because they appreciate the relationship with the St James Parish leadership (William Day of Wanhua Chemical U S Operations)
Wanhua looking at alternative site
David beat Goliath. A victory for health and the environment. Louisiana Bucket Brigade . .
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Methane is Money
Unfortunately, the total cost of our nation's dependence on fossil fuels and the public health costs, quality of life affects are still not fully accounted for.
Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister interview on N P R All Things Considered about environmental regulation roll backs https://www.npr.org/2019/08/29/755555482/former-shell-oil-president-john-hofmeister-weighs-in-on-rollback-of-emissions-ru
""in the future, the ability to operate in the fossil fuel industry is going to demand an environmental performance where the public believes that you are protecting the land, the water and the air. So regulations that protect the water, the land and the air, which enable the industry to continue to do what it does, are essential for the industry to be successful down the road. That's changed in the last 20 years. And so it's necessary for the industry to recognize that this is the way it's going to be, and it is the way it should be."
"there are thousands of independent operators who produce oil and gas in the U.S., and they operate with much lower volumes of oil and gas. They might have one or two drilling rigs. They might have a half-a-dozen employees. So these are folks that watch where every nickel and dime is spent, and for them and their operating model, it becomes more expensive than they would like to pay for to have these regulations because they would rather just emit a certain amount of fugitive methane, give it up in the marketplace, but not have to pay the costs of engineering and putting in place a completely closed production system which captures the methane."
"It's not good for the public and the environment, and it's not good for the industry because it is really going on the cheap, and there is enough money in the industry to not have to go on the cheap. Consumers pay a good, healthy cost for the oil and gas that they consume, and that money has to pay for all the bills of the producing companies. And like any other industry, if people can't afford to be in the industry, they need to go do something else."
Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister interview on N P R All Things Considered about environmental regulation roll backs https://www.npr.org/2019/08/29/755555482/former-shell-oil-president-john-hofmeister-weighs-in-on-rollback-of-emissions-ru
""in the future, the ability to operate in the fossil fuel industry is going to demand an environmental performance where the public believes that you are protecting the land, the water and the air. So regulations that protect the water, the land and the air, which enable the industry to continue to do what it does, are essential for the industry to be successful down the road. That's changed in the last 20 years. And so it's necessary for the industry to recognize that this is the way it's going to be, and it is the way it should be."
"there are thousands of independent operators who produce oil and gas in the U.S., and they operate with much lower volumes of oil and gas. They might have one or two drilling rigs. They might have a half-a-dozen employees. So these are folks that watch where every nickel and dime is spent, and for them and their operating model, it becomes more expensive than they would like to pay for to have these regulations because they would rather just emit a certain amount of fugitive methane, give it up in the marketplace, but not have to pay the costs of engineering and putting in place a completely closed production system which captures the methane."
"It's not good for the public and the environment, and it's not good for the industry because it is really going on the cheap, and there is enough money in the industry to not have to go on the cheap. Consumers pay a good, healthy cost for the oil and gas that they consume, and that money has to pay for all the bills of the producing companies. And like any other industry, if people can't afford to be in the industry, they need to go do something else."
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