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![Pickup truck headed to Isle de Jean Charles on a flooded Island Road on April 13, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/9B3A8958-Edit-2-400x300.jpg)
Critics Say State “Hijacked” Isle de Jean Charles Tribe’s Resettlement Plan
Isle de Jean Charles continues to lose land at an alarming rate as Louisiana takes away important relocation funds.
![Members of the Coalition Against Death Alley protesting in front of Mosaic's fertilizer plant in St. James Parish.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/03/IMG_1610-400x300.jpg)
Opponents to Expanding Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana Fight Back
The number of companies seeking to build plastics manufacturing facilities along the Mississippi River has grown.
![Spirits were high at a gospel-style "moral revival" hosted by the Poor People's Campaign and RISE St. James in St. James Parish, Louisiana in February 2019. Civil rights icon Rev. William Barber gave the keynote address during an evening of prayer and testimony for Cancer Alley activists.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/03/Moral_revival-400x300.jpg)
Petrochemical Giants Are Slowly Killing Black Louisiana Communities
A massive plastics plant threatens a Black community that has lived since Reconstruction in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley."
![Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Alliance of Business and Industry, spoke at a recent press conference in Baton Rouge. His group is leading an effort to revive old tactics to extend corporate influence over state judges.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/02/2019_0224-w-400x300.jpg)
Corporate-Backed Groups Seek More Pro-Business Judges in the Deep South
Industry-funded groups are reviving a scheme to evaluate judges based on whether they rule in favor of corporations.
![Edison Dardar fishing near his home on the Isle de Jean Charles.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/02/9B3A5956-Edit-400x300.jpg)
Louisiana and Isle de Jean Charles Tribe Try to Find Common Ground
Talks have restarted over a $48 million climate change resettlement project.
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SCOTUS Halts Louisiana Abortion Law for Now, But Fate of “Roe v. Wade” Uncertain
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a restrictive Louisiana anti-choice law from going into effect Thursday.
![Law enforcement officers next to pipeline opponents at a Louisiana Department of Natural Resources permit hearing for the Bayou Bridge project on February 8, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/01/J46A6519-Edit_st-charles_julie-dermansky-400x300.jpg)
Louisiana Sheriff Ordered to Releases Records on Visit to Standing Rock
“We saw a dangerous blurring of the lines between law enforcement and private corporations at Standing Rock."
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Louisiana Offers Fossil Fuel Exporter Largest Local Tax Giveaway in History
Louisiana plans to collect no property tax from the $15.2 billion Driftwood liquefied natural gas export terminal.
![Christmas lights on homes across from the Meraux Refinery in Meraux, Louisiana.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/602A3069-Edit-2_0-400x300.jpg)
Climate Denial Still Reigns in Louisiana Despite Scientists’ Dire Warnings
Louisiana is ground zero for the devastating impacts of climate change.
![Rita Copper, a resident of St. James Parish, holding a photo of a deceased friend who died of cancer. “We are already plagued with plants. They are killing us,” she said while speaking out against Formosa’s plant.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/LEAD-602A1271-Edit-400x300.jpg)
Taiwanese Company Wants to Site Polluting Plastic Plant in Cancer Alley
A permit hearing for serial polluter Formosa turned into a referendum on environmental racism.