[Environmental Racism\Air Quality]
Congressman Cedric Richmond: “Louisiana has been disproportionately affected by the detrimental environmental effects of plant emissions…I am requesting that a community meeting be convened to explain the new air quality monitoring program. Considering the community’s lack of trust in Denka, they must be able to trust the accuracy and results of this change.”
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Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
LOUISIANA RESIDENTS, CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS AND LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS DENOUNCE PLANS TO BUILD CHEMICAL PLANT IN BLACK COMMUNITY
[Environmental Racism]
Sharon Lavigne, president of RISE St. James: “We continue to fight for our lives against these toxic industries, and now we are fighting for our ancestors too. They had no choice about where they lived, where they died, or where they were buried, but we are going to fight for the respect that their resting places, and our homes deserve.”
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