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Colfax group sues LDEQ over ‘unlawful and arbitrary’ defining of hazardous waste incinerator
Colfax Clean Harbors has spent decades burning hazardous waste and detonating mines into open air. Residents, who say the Grant Parish facility is responsible for giving them cancer and making them sick, are suing the state to block its latest permit approval. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) denied the facility’s request to continue […] The post Colfax group sues LDEQ over ‘unlawful and arbitrary’ defining of hazardous waste incinerator appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Louisiana School Districts Tackle Heat Issues with Air-Conditioned Bus Solutions
As the temperatures soar nearly a hundred degrees, Central Louisiana school regions are tackling the issue of lack of air conditioning on school buses. This problem affects 80% of the region's school buses, including 65 of the 82 buses in Avoyelles Parish, prompting concerns for students' wellbeing in the current heat emergency.
Louisiana Town Makes ‘Towns with Strangest Names’ List
What's in a name? The poets have tried to decipher the answer to that question for centuries now and while we know that roses would still smell just as sweet if we called them something else, a good name can make all the difference in the life of a person or the survival of a town.
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