Environmental Racism in Death Alley, Louisiana

Below are resources to contextualize the fight to stop the Formosa Plastics plant in St James, Louisiana. Our partner organization, Rise St. James, is working to halt the expansion of the Petrochemical Corridor and protect ancestral sites.

The New York Times feature: Searching for the Lost Graves of Louisiana’s Enslaved People

Research and analysis by Forensic Architecture in partnership with Rise St. James:

Watch and Read their Findings

A presentation by Earthworks on the toxic track record of Formosa Plastics

Watch the Presentation