St James, Louisiana

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 Louisiana is an industrial superpower as a major producer of oil, gas and petrochemicals. The environmental justice communities along the Mississippi River are often remnants of communities founded by formerly enslaved people who settled at the edges of the plantations where they once labored. These plantations have evolved from agriculture to oil refining, plastics production or any number of heavy industrial uses. Residents living adjacent to these changing land-uses can find themselves living subject to inappropriate impacts and risks.