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One chemical plant emits a super-pollutant that does more climate damage than every car in the city
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One chemical plant emits a super-pollutant that does more climate damage than every car in the city

A chemical plant in Louisville that makes a raw material for everything from Teflon to lubricants used on the International Space Station also appears to do more damage to the climate than all of this city's passenger vehicles.

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Fire burns at Louisiana swimming pool chemical plant

Fire burns at Louisiana swimming pool chemical plant

Hurricane Laura swept through the hub of the U.S. oil and gas industry, setting fire to a manufacturer of chlorine and other highly dangerous chemicals used in swimming pools.
What could happen if a $9.4 billion chemical plant comes to "Cancer Alley"
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What could happen if a $9.4 billion chemical plant comes to "Cancer Alley"

In Louisiana, a Taiwanese industrial giant seems likely to be granted a permit to build a billion-dollar plastics plant. Its proposed emissions could triple levels of cancer-causing chemicals in one of the most toxic areas of the U.S.

Report: ExxonMobil scouting property for 2nd cracker plant in Beaver County
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Report: ExxonMobil scouting property for 2nd cracker plant in Beaver County

Energy companies are taking advantage of cheap natural gas from the region’s fracking industry.
Robert Bullard: Environmental racism is real and Democratic candidates must show how they’ll address it

Robert Bullard: Environmental racism is real and Democratic candidates must show how they’ll address it

A form of systemic oppression — one that holds back our community, sickens our children and cuts our lives short — has been nearly absent from the debate stage: environmental racism.

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