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sitting on his desk this week, those acts could soon be punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison.to trespass on “critical infrastructure,” a list expanded two years ago to include oil and gas facilities, amid a fight over an oil pipeline that terminates in St. James. The new bill will expand the list to include flood control infrastructure, and further stiffen the penalties for trespassing to three to 15 years if the parish or state is under an emergency order. Louisiana is under multiple such orders, including one for the storm that just roared across the state, and another declared by Edwards in response to the coronavirus pandemic.The bill’s author, state Rep. Jerome Zeringue, a Republican, said he introduced the legislation at the request of the Association of Levee Boards of Louisiana, “to put more teeth into current legislation.”filed last year to the 2018 law.that began with a law enacted in Oklahoma in 2017. The oil and gas industry has been the bills in many states.found the complex could more than triple the level of cancer-causing chemicals that residents of St. James are exposed to. It also found that the area around the site is already more saturated with those toxins than more than 99 percent of industrialized areas in the country..“We felt like those were our ancestors in that grave site,” she said, adding that she and other RISE members began visiting the site to lay flowers, and to draw attention to their fight against Formosa., told her about it.from atop the levee by the Formosa site. In the video, she read aloud from a that found people who are exposed to high levels of air pollution are more likely to die after being infected by the coronavirus. She pulled the mask she wore below her mouth to speak, and used a microphone with a long cord connected to the camera to maintain her social distance from the videographer., while only about a third of state residents are black.amid the pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;“likely to be carcinogenic.”&nbsp;says it has voluntarily reduced emissions from the plant and that “there is no evidence to suggest Denka’s operations are harmful to local residents.”Lavigne has been careful to stay off the Formosa property since the company told her she was trespassing. Last week, Spees sent a letter on behalf of RISE St. James to Formosa’s lawyer, requesting access to the burial site for a ceremony to commemorate Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates the liberation of slaves after the Civil War. There has yet to be a response.ICN provides award-winning climate coverage free of charge and advertising. We rely on donations from readers like you to keep going.Inside Climate News uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept this policy.Accept

sitting on his desk this week, those acts could soon be punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison.to trespass on “critical infrastructure,” a list expanded two years ago to include oil and gas facilities, amid a fight over an oil pipeline that terminates in St. James. The new bill will expand the list to include flood control infrastructure, and further stiffen the penalties for trespassing to three to 15 years if the parish or state is under an emergency order. Louisiana is under multiple such orders, including one for the storm that just roared across the state,...

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