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 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked a federal judge to dismiss a landmark lawsuit, initiated under the Biden administration, alleging that a chemical facility in St. John the Baptist ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday celebrated its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a ...

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 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked a federal judge in New Orleans to restart a stalled lawsuit attempting to force Denka Performance Elastomers to immediately reduce emissions of a chemical ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. (WGNO) — ...