Plastics Plant Will Bulldoze Over Black History in 'Cancer Alley'

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By Climate NexusDec 20, 2019, 10:34 am151 pts
A major plastics manufacturing complex planned for construction in a highly-polluted region of Louisiana may disrupt a historic slave burial site, The Intercept reports. Human remains and evidence of grave shafts were discovered earlier this year on land being developed by Formosa Plastics Group in St. James…

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