Category: Oil and Gas

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All Eyes on the Gulf, Oil and Gas, Plastic Pollution

Court of Public Pollution: Diane Wilson v. Formosa Plastics

November 10, 2023 by Alexis Young

“I had the bank president come down to the fish house – and I had never talked to that man a day in my life – and he came down in a three piece suit and he said he wanted to know,” Diane Wilson recalled. “He said, ‘Diane, are you starting a vigilante group to […]READ MORE

All Eyes on the Gulf, Climate, Oil and Gas

“Manifesting a great life for myself.”

July 05, 2023 by People over Plastic staff with files from Alexis Young

As the world shifts away from its reliance on the fossil fuel industry, a number of green industries, including clean energy, and green infrastructure are experiencing major growth. Some predictions even suggest jobs in green infrastructure could add millions of jobs to the U.S. economy. An organization in Louisiana is hoping to equip the next […]READ MORE

Climate, Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Plastic Pollution

Perseverance is absolutely critical

June 19, 2023 by People over Plastic

In Conversation: Patrice Simms of People over Plastic and Earthjustice In the last few years, the Biden administration has introduced a number of initiatives that would suggest it’s serious about environmental justice. For some observers, these initiatives were welcomed, if not long overdue. For years, community members, environmental groups and advocates have pushed the federal […]READ MORE

Climate, Cop City, Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Plastic Pollution, Prisons, Redlining

Juneteenth is a celebration of Black joy, but also a call-to-action

June 19, 2023 by Mary Black

Analysis: For me, Juneteenth is a celebration of Black joy. It’s also a call-to-action for climate and environmental justice for people of the African diaspora. Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Africans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom, more than two years after the […]READ MORE

All Eyes on the Gulf, Oil and Gas

Analysis: What Deer Park Teaches Us About The Petrochemical Industry

May 19, 2023 by Mary Black and Jay Marcano

Today marks the two-week anniversary of the massive fire at Shell's Deer Park Chemicals Plant in Texas. A lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages has been filed against Shell by a worker who was injured because of the blaze. Among other claims, the lawsuit states Shell was grossly negligent and failed to properly […]READ MORE

Indigenous, Climate, Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals

Like a Band-Aid on a bullet hole

May 12, 2023 by People over Plastic

Carbon capture technology won’t be enough to reduce pollution created by proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project While the world is moving away from building new fossil fuel developments, a company in Texas has its sights on constructing a new one. The developer NextDecade wants to build a $10-billion dollar liquefied natural gas (or LNG) […]READ MORE

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