A LaPlace facility Gov. Jeff Landry has accused a federal agency of trying to shut down reported the leak of a cancer-causing ...

A federal judge in New Orleans has agreed to hold a hearing in late November on whether to restart a stalled Environmental ...

Tokyo – Denka Inc. expects to continue operations at its chloroprene rubber manufacturing plant in Laplace, Louisiana as a grace period for new standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency ...

On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced new regulations aimed at reducing chemical air ...

Denka Performance Elastomer on Tuesday blamed a new Environmental Protection Agency rule that targets emissions at more than 200 industrial plants, arguing that other, more dangerous facilities ...

LOUISIANA, USA — The Biden Administration just got a big legal victory against chemical plants that are accused of pumping toxic chemicals into nearby neighborhoods. The U.S. Supreme Court left ...

The federal government has sued Denka for failing to reduce levels of chloroprene, a known carcinogen, coming from the plant. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator) A LaPlace facility Gov.

A spill of chloroprene occurred Sept. 25 at the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in St. John the Baptist Parish, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said in a news release Tuesday. An ...