Mixed reaction to President Trump’s recent proclamation giving 25 chemical companies, including 12 in Louisiana, a two-year exemption from new EPA emissions rules. President the Louisiana Chemical Association, David Cresson (cress-AWN) says the two-year exemption is necessary because there’s a lot involved in meeting these new rules.
But Anne Rolfes (RAWL-fiss), the director of the environmental group Louisiana Bucket Brigade, says people’s health are too important to take two years for these companies to meet these new standards.
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Cresson disputes Rolfe’s notion that there’s a correlation between people’s overall health and proximity to a chemical plant.
A disturbing story out of Beauregard Parish as the headstone of the mother of the first Black mayor in DeRidder’s history is vandalized. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Scammers are trying to exploit Louisiana residents again. Trying to get their personal information and scam their money through a fraudulent text message. OMV Deputy Commissioner Matt Boudreaux says the text claims it comes from the OMV trying to collect a fee for an outstanding traffic ticket.