Plastics, polution, and burial grounds in Louisiana Last week, we joined residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, environmental justice groups, and legal organizations to urge the St. James Parish Council to rescind its decision to allow Formosa Plastics to build a massive petrochemical facility in a predominantly Black community. New and alarming information has been revealed about the levels of cancer-causing chemicals the facility would emit, the company’s failure to follow through on its promise to lessen exposure to school children and residents nearby, and its failure to alert parish...