Residents in #Louisiana’s #RiverParishes - colloquially known as #CancerAlley - are looking to the #EPA to enforce common sense regulations, such as fence line monitoring.

#environment #pollution

From #FloodlightNews and #LAIlluminator:

https://lailluminator.com/2023/07/07/cancer-alley-2/

Power companies spend millions to fight Maine’s proposed non-profit utility
https://www.floodlightnews.org/post/power-companies-spend-millions-to-fight-maine-s-proposed-non-profit-utility

Residents in Maine are about to be bombarded with a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign aimed at saving the state’s two dominant electric utilities from being voted out of existence in November.

But the parent companies of the existing utilities are spending millions to try and stop that.

#FloodlightNews #Maine #PowerUtilities #capitalism #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #SolarPower

Power companies quietly pushed $215m into US politics via dark money groups
https://www.floodlightnews.org/post/power-companies-quietly-pushed-215m-into-us-politics-via-dark-money-groups

Such secretive donations to barely regulated non-profit groups have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators in recent years.

#neoliberalism #DarkMoney #lobbying #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #FloodLightNews #SolarPower

The Louisiana Industry Defense Council has rebranded itself as the Louisiana Industry Sustainability Council, but don’t let that fool you, their message is the same: ignore locals’ desires for a clean, healthy #environment and promote #industry at all costs.

In an area known as #CancerAlley is it really unreasonable to be weary of new development?

From #FloodlightNews and #LAIlluminator:
https://lailluminator.com/2023/05/04/petrochemical-industry-in-louisiana-plans-a-defense-amid-growing-opposition/

#Louisiana #ChemicalIndustry

Boring elections have vast consequences. By the sound of it, Devonte Louis is actually walking the walk on #energy, #sustainability, and #environmental policy. Now let’s see if the #Louisiana Public Service Commission can push utilities in the right direction.

From #LAIlluminator in partnership with #FloodlightNews and #TheLensNOLA

https://lailluminator.com/2023/02/17/new-state-utility-regulator-wants-to-reduce-rates-introduce-renewable-mandates/

This is a really good piece detailing how federal and state #regulations don’t go far enough in managing #AirPollution from #LiquidNaturalGas production. These regulations rely on companies self reporting and pollutants are regulated individually, so toxic mixtures are deemed “safe” so long as any one pollutant doesn’t get out of hand.

From #LAIlluminaor via #FloodlightNews:

https://lailluminator.com/2023/02/06/lng-export-terminals-pose-a-growing-and-invisible-threat-air-pollution/

Scandal of corporate influence and pink slime news outlets:
Investigation Accuses Alabama Power of Funneling Money to Local News Sites for Favorable Coverage
https://birminghamwatch.org/investigation-accuses-alabama-power-of-funneling-money-to-local-news-sites-for-favorable-coverage/

Exposed by #FloodlightNews, a nonprofit environmental news collaborative, and NPR.

#Journalism #DefendDemocracy #FixMediaNow

Thanks also to #LocalNews Bright Spot #BirminghamWatch for covering the story.