In keeping with WWG’s commitment to protect the people and places we love, WWG has joined the effort of national environmental groups like the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and others to challenge certain environmental rollbacks pushed by the former presidential administration and to support sound policies to assess ways to prevent damage from unchecked oil and gas drilling. [...]
For the Harper and Salles families in St. Tammany Parish, the cypress swamp behind their homes is an idyllic outdoor playground for their children where they catch crawfish, throw out lines for catfish and splash around in Hickory Creek, a meandering stream that feeds into Old River and, eventually, the West Pearl. "A cypress swamp with that dark-brewed ice tea [...]
By Kristen Mosbrucker (Originally published in The Advocate 4/28/21) Businesses that fall short on requirements for property tax breaks under a state program will have to get letters from local taxing bodies favoring any amendments to existing agreements, a state board voted Wednesday. With economic repercussions from the global COVID-19 pandemic forecast linger for years, businesses might need to change [...]
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - A watchdog group and members of the community are asking why a major New Orleans employer is asking for a tax exemption on years-old additions made to their facilities. The watchdog group Together New Orleans says Folgers Coffee Company, with two locations in New Orleans East, should owe the city millions in taxes on additions [...]
A company that reclaims oil refinery waste may be required to identify the pollutants it wants to dump into the Intracoastal Waterway in West Baton Rouge Parish after the Supreme Court declined this week to hear an appeal from a lower court. The Intracoastal supplies drinking water to 10,000 people in nearby Iberville Parish and additional businesses. It ultimately flows [...]
Thermaldyne is a new facility that reclaims oil from materials that are, in all but name, industrial hazardous waste. It applied to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) for a permit to discharge the water that is leftover into the Intracoastal Canal, directly upstream of the intake for the drinking water of about 10,000 Iberville Parish residents. Its application [...]
