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John, said the school's closure fails to address the root problem: emissions levels burdening the surrounding area. "Nobody ...

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The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board will shutter a predominantly Black elementary school that sits on the fenceline ...

A southeast Louisiana school board voted to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school next to a petrochemical ...

An elementary school within walking distance of a major chemical plant will close ahead of the 2025-26 school year.

Denka is also the only industrial plant in the nation that emits chloroprene, a likely cancer-causing chemical. Judge Jay C. Zainey of the Eastern District of Louisiana stressed that he wanted ...

On Thursday night, members of St John’s School Board voted to authorize the closure of Fifth Ward Elementary school,  which ...

"Nobody should be exposed to the horrendous chemical pollution that Dupont Denka is putting on these poor Black, poor people," he said. Dupont formerly owned the plant. A Denka representative ...

Denka Performance Elastomer LLC produces the ... New Orleans and Baton Rouge officially called the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor and commonly referred to by environmental groups as ...