This country’s heaviest polluters also rely on a workforce that disproportionately fails to fill good-paying jobs with people of color who are more likely to be affected by their emissions, according to a new study. The research, from Tulane University’s Environmental Law Clinic — currently under peer review — finds that people of color are […] The post Minorities ‘systematically’ underrepresented in U.S. petrochemical workforce, study finds appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.| Yahoo News
In Louisiana, few people of color are getting high-paying jobs in the industry — or even low-paying ones| WWNO
U.S. News & World Report has again ranked Louisiana as the worst state in America with poverty, pollution, violence among key factors.| The Times
Landry has surrounded himself with former fossil fuel executives — and he has targeted the state’s climate change task force.| Floodlight
University researchers say federal regulators fail to consider harm to ‘fenceline’ communities when approving liquefied natural gas plants.| Floodlight
There’s an unspoken promise when an industry moves into any community: We will disrupt your lives, but in exchange we will provide good-paying jobs.| Floodlight