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Chemical Plants Flock to Louisiana for Cheap Natural Gas

Susan Buchanan | Posted 08.13.2012 | Green
Read More: Refineries, Air Monitoring, Europe, Ethylene, Lung Disease, Fracking, Royal Dutch Shell, Environmental Integrity Project, Texas, Pipelines, Haynesville Shale, Pollution, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Crude Oil, Oil Companies, Clean Air Act, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Louisiana Dept. Of Environmental Quality, Chemical Exposure, Asthma, Mississippi River, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Louisiana has attracted some cleaner industries recently, but after natural gas prices dropped to ten-year lows this spring, chemical manufacturers are rushing to build and expand. Residents need those jobs but fear explosions and toxic emissions.

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Louisiana Reef Fund Plundered During Budget Balancing

Susan Buchanan | Posted 10.30.2011 | Green
Read More: Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Rigs to Reefs, Louisiana Reef Fund, Green News
Susan Buchanan

With a swipe of the pen, the Louisiana legislature took $26.6 million last month from a fund that converts old oil rigs into reefs where fish congregate. That move will cost the state as it tries to revive the coast, critics say.

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Jobs Lost to Deep Drilling Ban Less Than Predicted

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Gno, Workers, Africa, Houma, Senator Mary Landrieu, Inc., Rigs, Clean Energy, Deepwater Moratorium, Louisiana State University, Boemre, U.S. Dept. Of Interior, Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Lafayette, BP Oil Spill, Business News
Susan Buchanan

The Gulf Coast remains banged up and broken from BP's spill. But worries that Louisiana workers would be hit hard by the federal drilling ban still haven't materialized.

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