The Justice Department dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that emissions from a Louisiana petrochemical plant pose a danger to nearby communities.

The Denka plant is located in the predominantly Black community of LaPlace, La., in a region so dense with industrial facilities that it is known as “Cancer Alley.” Chloroprene is used to ...

In 2023, the Biden administration filed a lawsuit against Denka Performance Elastomer in an effort to get it to cut down its emissions of chloroprene. Chloroprene is a chemical that’s used in the ...

Denka’s facility in LaPlace is the nation's ... which can be even more dangerous for children. The majority Black school is in a U.S. census tract with the highest risk of cancer from air ...

Taylor, who lives five blocks away from the Denka plant and other industrial facilities, said dropping the case would lead to more “suffering and death” in the majority-Black community.