AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce There is finally a win for “cancer alley” resident, in st. James Parish, Louisiana. The courts have struck down a permit for FG LA, a Taiwanese, Plastics factory, capable of producing 13m tons of Carbon Emissions, making it a greenhouse gas hotspot in a dense area of Petrochemicals. This decision is affirms for the Global Community, where social Justice is usually absent, that people now have a voice. Communities have rights and power. Plastics and petrochemical production are not aligned with a climate safe future or the universal right to a clean healthy and sustainable environment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/16/plastics-plant-louisianas-cancer-alley

But she said the problem was much bigger than just this one set of permits and this one company. “Every industrial corporation wanting to develop in Louisiana, Appalachia and worldwide should hear what this decision affirms: communities have rights, and we have power – across the globe. Plastics and petrochemical production are not aligned with a climate-safe future or the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.”


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