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	Podcast:		Your Call
	Episode:		One Planet: The Struggle For Environmental Justice In Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:52:01
	Publish Date:		2020-08-17 00:19:08
	Description:		On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet series, we're discussing the environmental and health impacts of hundreds of chemical and oil industry plants on those who live along a polluted stretch of the Mississippi River. Residents refer to the region as 'Cancer Alley' or 'Death Alley.' We'll also talk about their fight to stop the plastics company Formosa from building a $9.4 billion petrochemical complex on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. James, Louisiana. Activists say the multi-billion corporation has a record of damaging communities and ecosystems around the world. Guests: Mark Schleifstein , Pulitzer Prize-winning environment reporter with The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate Sharon Lavigne , activist and founder of RISE St. James Web Resources: Truthout: The Corporate Assault on Cancer Alley Created an Environmental Justice Warrior Nola.com: Mark Schleifstein: Louisiana is backsliding after making environmental progress. It's troubling. The Guardian: 'Almost
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