Big Tech Data Centers Compound Decades of Environmental Racism in the South
The American South has long been a site of both corporate extraction and fierce political resistance.
“Environmental advocates are questioning the actions of a private university in Louisiana following the resignation of a scientist who researches the health and job disparities in a heavily industrialized part of Louisiana known as ‘Cancer Alley.’”
#EnvironmentalJustice #AcademicFreedomsAtRisk #ClimateCrisis #CancerAlley #Research #LawClinic #TulaneUniversity #GagOrder #Science #EnvironmentalScience #PublicHealth #Jobs #RacialDisparities #HealthDisparities #Economics
Looks like those #toxins in #Louisiana's #canceralley are also causing mental impairments. This is some first-order dipsh*ttery right cheer. #antiscience #conspiracytheory #crackpot #toxic #nuttery
https://substack.com/@robynelyse/note/p-165540424?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=5fcl6k
do two wrongs make a right?
Wrong1: re-opening a known cancer causing plant in the middle of #CancerAlley while pulling all safety regs
Wrong2: trumps stupid china tariffs starting at 30% & rising from there
Right: plant losing $100B & closing due to high 'inflation'
https://www.nola.com/news/business/denka-neoprene-louisiana-trump-chloroprene-environment-justice-cancer-alley/article_9328ed8f-dff8-481a-a42a-94c39fc88c4d.html
Fascinating how the #ACC (American Chemical Council) and the #PlasticPolluters continue their disingenuous messaging, carefully selecting the data they present.
If you think "advanced recycling" is not polluting, ask yourself why most other petrochemical plants regularly violate emissions standards, why we have the #CancerAlley problem in LA. IN the SF Bay area, think about the fires and chemical releases and violation of emissions standards in the Richmond/Martinez refineries.
(And the report itself, as well as other info, is at https://climateintegrity.org/projects/plastics-fraud)
#PlasticPollution #AirQualityMatters #toxicair #FalseClimateSolutions
#CancerAlley, a nickname dating to the 1980s, is an 85-mile stretch from New Orleans to Baton Rouge that is home to some 150 #ChemicalPlants & #oil refineries.
Multiple studies over years point to elevated #health risks, including one in 2022 that found nearly EVERY census tract in the area ranks in the top 5% nationally for #cancer risk.
In 2023, the #Biden admin sued Denka, demanding it eliminate the dangers posed by #chloroprene #emissions.
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