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Justice Dept. says ending Louisiana petrochemical case helps 'dismantle radical DEI programs'
Biden’s EPA sued the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in early 2023, alleging it posed an unacceptable cancer risk and ...
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Biden said this plant was a health threat. Trump dropped a lawsuit against it
The Justice Department on Friday dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a Louisiana petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities. The lawsuit ...
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‘There is no protection’: Trump offers chemical plants exemptions from pollution rules, alarming Cancer Alley advocates
Robert Taylor Jr. lives just a couple blocks away from Denka Performance Elastomers in Reserve, Louisiana. The facility produces a chemical called neoprene polychloroprene, used in products such ...
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Editorial: End of landmark Denka lawsuit should not end discussion on environment
As for Denka, it faces ongoing litigation over its chloroprene emissions. And that’s what we’d like to home in on. It doesn’t matter if one believes in the goals of the environmental justice ...