Environmentalists ask Louisiana high court to review Formosa permit

Environmentalists are asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling reinstating key air permits for Formosa Plastics’ massive planned petrochemical complex in St. James Paris after industry and the state successfully appealed a decision tossing the permits and EPA abruptly dropped its civil rights inquiry into the matter. The groups filed a March 18 petition for a writ of certiorari in Rise St. James, et al. v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that asks...