Air and Water Quality

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theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > opinion > editorial-protecting-air-quality-requires-vigilance-and-speed > article_edb16203-f9fb-543b-be15-20a0a39181f1.html

Editorial: Protecting air quality requires vigilance and speed

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (228+ words) State environmental regulators say ozone levels on Thursday are expected to be potentially problematic for those sensitive to health effects of the air pollutant in the Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lake Charles and Monroe regions. We’ve taken the Louisiana Department…...


theadvocate.com > baton_rouge > news > environment > baton-rouge-landfill-leaks-methane > article_f871d9fc-da44-462e-9548-526fab625b55.html

Regulators decline to take action on leaks of methane, other gases at Baton Rouge landfill

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (674+ words) Two compressors (blue) and motor (green), seen Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 at the East Baton Rouge Parish North Landfill, where methane gas generated from the trash in the landfill is being trapped to sell to Exxon and BASF, where it's burned as…...