All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff, Steve Straehley
A Chinese company with a history of environmental problems in its home country is building a methanol plant in an area of Louisiana where cancer rates and other health problems are already high because of the activities of U.S. petrochemical companies in the area.
The methanol plant would be in St. James Parish, which is 90% African-American, and whose residents say they had no voice in the decision to locate the industrial facility near a high school, two churches and an assisted living facility for senior citizens. Continue reading “Chinese Firm Moves into Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley””