#TheLensNola🔍 Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.

✍ Adam Mahoney, Capital B

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#TheLensNola🔍 Tests of the collected runoff show it was still too contaminated to be released.

✍ Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator

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#TheLensNola🔍 Waste has been stored and recycled at other sites, but LDEQ grants an emergency exemption for River Birch.

✍ Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator

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#TheLensNola🔍 Plant held millions of gallons of motor oils, fluids and other petrochemicals.

✍Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator

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Last year, Louisiana became the focal point for the erosion of civil rights protections against environmental injustice. A state court case stopped the federal government from using the Civil Rights Act to block the expansion of toxic facilities in Black communities. Now, under the Trump administration, permits for polluting plants are being approved with little oversight. Facilities are also allowed to release more chemicals into the environment as parts of the Clean Air Act get weakened. For days, an industrial explosion led to a fire burning in Roseland, Louisiana, a predominantly Black town about 60 miles northeast of Baton Rouge. The cause of the explosion is under investigation. (Courtesy of the EPA) At the same time, the administration has moved to repeal a Biden administration rule that strengthened the country's ability to plan for and address the fallout from hazardous industrial events. These disasters overwhelmingly burden Black families, who are more likely to live nearby and face the greatest health, economic, and environmental harms.

Roseland, LA
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Emergency Declaration regarding Smitty’s explosion issued by LSP The Louisiana State Police has issued an emergency declaration in response to the Roseland explosion and fire at Smitty's Supply Inc. facility.

YESTERDAY:
Emergency declaration issued #Roseland #SmittysSupply

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Seafood from the Tangipahoa River and nearby Lake Pontchartrain is being tested for possible contamination after the fire at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland, @devinbartolotta reports https://bit.ly/3KaVcHU 

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Oil exec's daughter pleads for donations after blast Bethany Tate urged locals not to 'blame' her father's oil firm after blasts rocked its Louisiana plant, even telling residents battling oil damage to 'simply clean it up.'

#BethanyTate #Smittyssupply Her #mealticket blew up and... www.youtube.com/shorts/kmz6l...
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