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  2. Cancer Alley - Wikipedia

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    A mound of oil drums near the Baton Rouge ExxonMobil Refinery along the Mississippi River in December 1972.. Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land [1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 [2] petrochemical plants and refineries. [3]

  3. Port Fourchon, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Port Fourchon is Louisiana’s southernmost port, located on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is a seaport, with significant petroleum industry traffic from offshore Gulf oil platforms and drilling rigs as well as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port pipeline. Fourchon's primary service markets are domestic deepwater ...

  4. Shreveport, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Shreveport (/ ˈ ʃ r iː v p ɔːr t / SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana.It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge.The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. [4]

  5. Manufacturing Month puts spotlight on Central Louisiana ... - AOL

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    There's a lot of manufacturing going on in Central Louisiana, both from local entrepreneurs and international companies. Manufacturing Month puts spotlight on Central Louisiana industries, jobs ...

  6. Film industry in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The film industry in Louisiana has grown dramatically in recent years [1] [2] largely due to the state's 2002 tax incentives aimed at attracting film and television companies. [2] The success of Louisiana 's film industry caused the state to be nicknamed " Hollywood South " or " Hollywood on the Bayou ".

  7. Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of Tallulah. Louisiana [pronunciation 1] (French: Louisiane ⓘ; Spanish: Luisiana; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) [b] is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east.

  8. Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The film industry in Louisiana has increased dramatically since the beginning of the 21st century, aided by generous tax incentives adopted by the state in 2002. In September 2013, the Baton Rouge Film Commission reported that the industry had brought more than $90 million into the local economy in 2013. [106]

  9. Hawaii, Louisiana top list of 10 worst states to work in 2024

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    In the second worst state to work in, Louisiana residents have the longest average working hours on the list at 44.3 per week, and also face poor workplace safety conditions, ranking 40th out of 50.