ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Many residents in the River Parishes are celebrating the news, Denka Chemical Plant is suspending services, citing rising costs, staffing and declining ...

A controversial chemical plant near LaPlace is pushing back against mounting pressure from federal regulators to reduce emissions of a likely cancer-causing chemical. The Denka Performance Elastomers ...

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 ...

A southeast Louisiana school board voted on Thursday to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school adjacent to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits linked to its high levels ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in ...

A LaPlace facility Gov. Jeff Landry has accused a federal agency of trying to shut down reported the leak of a cancer-causing chemical late last month that forced it to temporarily halt operations, ...

WILMINGTON, Del.—DuPont Performance Polymers has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Neoprene polychloroprene business to Denka Performance Elastomer L.L.C. The transaction is expected to close ...

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 ...