Formosa Plastics, Environmental Racism, And Their Retaliation Against Activists In Louisiana

Shadowproof Member Newsletter - 6/28

Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans lies an 85-mile stretch with over 200 chemical plants known as "Cancer Alley." One of the parishes enduring an industrial assault on their community is St. James, a predominantly Black community.

As RISE St. James describes, their group faces an array of projects that include the Bayou Bridge pipeline, a Formosa Plasti…