Louisiana appeals court reinstates Formosa plant’s permits

A Louisiana state appeals court has reinstated 15 controversial air permits for Formosa Plastics to build a massive petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, an environmental justice (EJ) community, overturning a lower court ruling that had blocked the permits, which were also the subject of an EPA civil rights investigation the agency abruptly closed. In a Jan. 19 decision , the Louisiana Court of Appeal First Circuit held in RISE St. James, et al. v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality...