Boosting for the fediverse:

The City of Thibodaux experienced a rapid loss of water pressure yesterday, September 28, 2023, with the water line repair on Audubon Ave. As a precaution, everyone receiving City water is now under a BOIL ADVISORY, effective immediately. This BOIL ADVISORY is to remain in effect for at least 48 hours, as water samples are being collected to be sent to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals for further testing. City officials said additional updates will be posted as they become available.

#Louisiana @noladon #Thibodaux #RiverParishes

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/

On this week’s episode of #BehindTheLens:
- The Port of South Louisiana has decided to allow Greenfield to defer its first Payment in Leu of Taxes

- #StJohn parish council approves a dirt pit on Greenfield’s property while breaking it’s own procedures

- NOLA Public Schools reversed its decision to move Plessy Community School out of its historic #FrenchQuarter building

From #TheLensNOLA:
https://overcast.fm/+O94GR7I60

#NewOrleans #Education #RiverParishes #Environment

Developers of a #StJames grain elevator have continued their refusal to cooperate with the Army Corps of Engineers and the local community in completing a proper #environmental and #historical impact study of their proposed project.

They have also lied about having local support from #RiseStJames, a local environmental activist group.

Great reporting from @ProPublica:

https://www.propublica.org/article/historic-preservation-louisiana-grain-elevator-greenfield?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&utm_content=river&utm_term=The%20Daily%20Digest

#Louisiana #RiverParishes #Environment #History

I’m sad to say that there’s a lot that feels quite typical in this article from #LaIlluminator about the way industry and #LocalGovernment behaves in the #RiverParishes of #Louisiana. For some, these projects bring jobs, but for others they bring health risks and further the lack of investment in their communities.

https://lailluminator.com/2023/01/12/slave-descendant-wants-louisiana-lawmakers-to-probe-tax-incentive-deals/