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September 12, 2022

Environmentalists in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley" Defeat Proposed Methanol Plant
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In Louisiana, elected officials in St. James Parish have rejected a $2.2
billion proposal to create the largest methanol production facility in
North America between two historically Black neighborhoods. It's a major
victory for environmentalists in southern Louisiana, who spent nearly a
decade fighting the proposed petrochemical complex. The region is often
called "Cancer Alley" - an 85-mile stretch along the Mississippi River
between Baton Rouge and New Orleans where some 150 fossil fuel and
petrochemical facilities operate.


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