The plan includes a record amount of spending, but it depends largely on funds related to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. That money expires in 2031.

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Louisiana's coastal agency plans $1.8 billion in projects next year. Here's what is being proposed.

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A recent report on the plant’s viability warned that fierce local opposition made the project a “bad bet.”…

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Plans for a Majorly Polluting Chemical Plant Nixed in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Environmental groups are claiming victory after Mitsubishi Chemical Group dropped plans for a $1.3 billion plant in the heart of Louisiana’s industrial corridor.  In the works for more than a decade, the chemical manufacturing complex would have been the largest of its kind in the world, stretching across 77 acres in Geismar, a small Ascension Parish community about 60 miles west of New Orleans. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi cited only economic factors…

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Environmental activists claim victory as Mitsubishi scraps $1.3 billion chemical plant in ‘Cancer Alley’

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area. Environmental groups are claiming victory after Mitsubishi Chemical Group dropped plans for a $1.3 billion plant in the heart of Louisiana's industrial corridor. In the works for more than a decade, the chemical manufacturing complex wou…

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Mitsubishi cancels plans for a $1.3 billion chemical plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

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Louisiana's coastal agency plans $1.8 billion in projects next year. Here's what is being proposed.

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