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Plastic or People? Protecting the Gulf Coast From the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps the Whole Planet
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Plastic or People? Protecting the Gulf Coast From the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps the Whole Planet

Refineries and petrochemical plants that process fossil fuels are hurting poor communities and communities of color along the Gulf Coast, including southern Louisiana’s notorious Cancer Alley. And that environmental racism is only getting worse, as Formosa’s decision to target St. James Parish for its next massive plastic facility shows.      

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