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National Day of Action to Ban Dispersants!

Join The Government Accountability Project (GAP), LEAN, TakePart, and Ultimate Civics today in the National Day of Action to Ban Dispersants! Join Us for National Day of Action to Ban Dispersants! Dear GAP Supporter, Today, June 18, is a National Day of Action to Ban Dispersants.…
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Tell EPA To Set Standards For Oil Spill Dispersants!

Tell EPA to do the necessary testing and set toxicity standards to ensure that dispersants are used only if they are demonstrated to be safe for waters and applied in safe quantities. Tell EPA to do the necessary testing and set toxicity standards to ensure that dispersants are used only if they are demonstrated to be safe for waters and applied in safe quantities.…
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City Council Votes to Move Forward and Relocate Scotlandville Residents

A complicated and contentious situation is beginning to be resolved after an 8 – 4 vote yesterday, January 23, 2013, approving a public works project to build a buffer zone around the North Baton Rouge Waste Water Treatment Plant. An article in The Advocate today outlines the meeting: A complicated and contentious situation is beginning to be resolved after an 8 – 4 vote yesterday, January 23, 2013, approving a public works project to build a buffer zone around the North Baton Rouge Waste Water Treatment Plant.…
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We support EPA’s Decision To Add The Gulf "Dead Zone" To The Impaired Waters List

The Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone along the Louisiana coast, commonly called the “Dead Zone” has been a well documented problem for decades now. However, the state and federal environmental agencies have failed to take even the most basic regulatory steps to address this problem.…
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Louisiana Facilities on EPA Watch List

The Environmental Protection Agency prepared separate “Watch List” for facilities in violation of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. According to the EPA, polluters on the “Watch Lists” may be serious or chronic offenders, alleged violators of regulations, and/or being tracked for compliance with a court order.…
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