President Biden says one his top priorities is cleaning up America’s air and battling climate change.
This is good news for Louisiana residents in the area known as “Cancer Alley” who are winning the President’s support in their fight against a new factory.
The 150-mile stretch of the Mississippi has more than 100 petrochemical plants which spew out fumes and gases.
The Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics told Sky News that the plans for the new plant meet “all regulatory criteria, using advanced emissions reduction mechanisms and extensive measures to protect the environment”.
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