Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 13, the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in Louisiana announced that it would be suspending all production indefinitely ...

Robert Taylor recently lost his wife to a long-term illness he linked to chemicals produced by a nearby plant, and now the Trump administration is preparing to scrap pollution reforms in the area ...

Denka's controversial plant in St. John the Baptist Parish has suspended production and is exploring a potential sale of the site, the company said Tuesday, leaving the future unclear for a facility ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back left, ...

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — Activists and neighbors called the news that Denka was shutting down production at its controversial plant in St. John Parish a “shock.” The company made the ...

Biden-era suit sought to curb emissions of the carcinogen chloroprene at Denka plant formerly owned by DuPont ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A petrochemical plant in Louisiana accused of increasing cancer risks for a majority Black community indefinitely suspended operations largely due to the high cost of reducing toxic ...

FILE - The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back left, in Reserve, La., Sept. 23, 2022. (AP ...