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![Dean Wilson, executive director of the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, on the plaintiffs' land in the basin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/12/602A9545-Edit-400x300.jpg)
Bayou Bridge Charged $450 for Building Oil Pipeline Without Permission
During the hearing, the Bayou Bridge lawyers tried to make the plaintiffs out to be greedy out-of-towners.
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Louisiana Teachers Mobilize Against ExxonMobil Tax Exemption
Educators linked corporate giveaways to the deteriorating conditions in their schools.
![Bruce Reilly and Will Harrell, two members of Voice of the Experienced, a group founded and run by formerly incarcerated activists, campaign for Amendment 2 in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 6, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/reilly-harrell-400x300.jpg)
Louisiana Votes to Eliminate Jim Crow Jury Law
This is a victory for formerly incarcerated activists who are building political power in the state.
![Voters line up to cast their ballot just before the polls open in the mid-term election on November 6, 2018, in Miami, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/2018_1106-votingg-400x300.jpg)
From Prison Slavery to Marijuana, the Legal System Is on the Ballot Today
Here are the statewide ballot measures we are watching closely on Election Day.
![More than 1,000 activists rallied on the steps of the US District Court in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on August 26, 2016, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/GettyImages-595927160-400x300.jpg)
Energy Transfer Partners’ Security Team Sinks Water Protectors’ Boats
ETP's security team was notorious for its brutal tactics at Standing Rock.
![Ongoing construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/602A4576-Edit-400x300.jpg)
Despite Lingering Land Dispute, Bayou Bridge Pipeline Is Nearly Complete
Currently, the pipeline is 86 percent done and will be completed this year.
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Water Protectors Take Action to Keep Pipeline Out of Marginalized Communities
An encampment of protesters in Louisiana is resisting the crude oil industry.
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Water Protectors Charged With Felonies Under Louisiana’s Anti-Protest Law
Big Oil is working directly with the police state to intimidate protesters and quash dissent.
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Years After EPA Cited Health Risks From Chemical Plant, Is Enough Being Done?
Regulators haven’t resolved issues swirling around emissions released by the Denka Performance Elastomer plant.
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Court Reaffirms Bayou Bridge Pipeline to Cut Through Atchafalaya Basin
A path of shredded trees cuts through the massive river swamp.