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

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 ...

John Parish Denka Plant to reduce its chemical emissions. The EPA said the plant's chloroprene emissions increase the risk of cancer for nearby residents in St. John Parish. Earlier this year ...

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

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

Denka's 90-day limit would have been reached on October 16. Denka's LaPlace plant is the only facility in the U.S. that produces chloroprene, an interim chemical in the production of neoprene ...

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. Jeff Landry ...

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.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Gov. Jeff Landry hold a press conference on July 1, 2024, at the Denka neoprene plant in LaPlace to speak against a new EPA rule they say is unfair to ...

On a warm November afternoon in 2021, I drove out from New Orleans, following the Mississippi River north to the town of Reserve, in Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish. As I approached the ...