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From Pollution to the Pandemic, Racial Equity Eludes Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community
Higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death have been found in people living in a stretch between New Orleans and Baton Rouge lined with over a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants.
Mary Hampton, president of the Concerned Citizens of St. John the Baptist Parish, a community group in Louisiana fighting for clean air, opted to do everything in her power to avoid getting the coronavirus after Robert Taylor, the group’s founder, was hospitalized with COVID-19 earlier this year. So she got vaccinated as soon as she could. “Either the vaccine is going to make me sick,” Hampton reasoned, “or the virus is going to kill me.”
NFL Draft Prospects: New Orleans Prep Stars (Part 1)
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All-Important Pro Days Ready to Heat Up, with Kansas Starting it Off
Jayhawks RB Pooka Williams took center stage on Friday, but next week will be busy with Clemson and Oklahoma among several schools that will have pro days late in the week
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Mar 5, 2021
A running back could be on the Eagles’ menu during Day Three of the 2021 NFL Draft, and there are plenty of options.
“I think at running back, and I’ve always said it, you can find running backs later in the draft, that can be able to play and play well for you,” said ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. earlier in the week.
A $300 million settlement that will reduce industrial flare pollution at two Louisiana chemical plants strengthens arguments that the federal standards governing such flares need to be overhauled, according to an environmental attorney.
The recent settlement announced by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will cut air pollution by more than 5,600 tons annually at petrochemical facilities in Texas and the Louisiana communities of Hahnville and Plaquemine.
Dow Chemical Co. and two of its subsidiaries agreed to the settlement, which was filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana. A federal complaint alleged that the companies had “oversteamed” their flares, which are devices that destroy pollutants in waste gases vented by the plants. The result was excess pollution spewing from the facilities, the complaint alleged.