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June 26, 2020

Louisiana Environmental Activists Charged with "Terrorizing" Oil & Gas Lobbyist
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In Louisiana, two environmental activists fighting the construction of a
major new plastics plant are facing felony charges for "terrorizing" an
oil and gas lobbyist. Anne Rolfes and Kate Mc Intosh, who are members of
the group Louisiana Bucket Brigade, turned themselves in on Thursday. In
December, the activists visited the home of an oil and gas lobbyist and
left a box of plastic pellets, bits of plastic pollution found off the
coast of Texas. The action came as part of a campaign to halt plans by
Formosa Plastics to build a new plant in St. James Parish, in an area
known as Cancer Alley.


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