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The 2004 Taylor Energy oil spill is an ongoing spill located in the Gulf of Mexico, around 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the result of the destruction of a Taylor Energy oil platform during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. It is the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. [5]
Crude oil invades Bayou Lafourche Saturday, July 27, from a leak at a Crescent Midland facility between 4065 and 4101 LA 308.
(The Center Square) − Louisiana’s economy continues to show steady growth, with over 20,000 jobs added in the past year, according to new data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. As ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Louisiana designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
A study of 247 BP oil spill clean-up workers released in September 2013 by the American Journal of Medicine showed the workers were at an increased risk of developing cancer, leukemia and other illnesses. The study concluded that "clean-up workers exposed to the oil spill and dispersant experienced significantly altered blood profiles, liver ...
(The Center Square) – A proposed $7.5 billion ammonia production facility in Ascension Parish could position Louisiana as a global leader in clean energy. "It would be the largest [ammonia ...
The corresponding World Cleanup Day received an estimated 20,000,000 volunteers in 170 countries. [10] In April 2019, Earth Day partnered with National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful for the inaugural Earth Day CleanUp, which had over 500,000 volunteers working to clean up trash and litter nationally.
Louisiana officials unveiled several posters of the Ten Commandments on Monday that could soon be placed in state classrooms featuring some familiar faces.