Abstract
Minority communities in Louisiana have long been at the forefront of the struggle to achieve environmental justice. To date, much of this struggle has focused on communities located in the Mississi...
Highlights
Minority communities in Louisiana have long been at the forefront of the struggle to achieve environmental justice
Much of this struggle has focused on communities located in the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor, where rural African American communities have historically been disproportionately impacted by the growth of the petrochemical industry
There is extensive infrastructure associated with oil and gas development located offshore on the outer continental shelf (OCS) that is not usually considered within the oil and gas production hierarchy
Summary
Minority communities in Louisiana have long been at the forefront of the struggle to achieve environmental justice. Extracting and processing offshore oil and gas is an energy-intensive undertaking that requires an expansive network of land-based infrastructure This infrastructure includes gas processing plants, refineries, petrochemical plants, and a pipeline network that link extraction activities to production activities. The development and expansion of the oil and gas industry has fostered economic growth and provided employment opportunities for many coastal residents, there are potential negatives associated with living and working in proximity to oil and gas infrastructure.[1] The oil and gas production process is often associated with physical and public safety hazards, in addition to air, water, noise, odor, and light pollutants.[2] Due to the often-conflicting geographies of risk and settlement, these hazards are likely not equitably distributed across social groups. Economic development and the growth of industry may exacerbate injustice, making some socially vulnerable groups more vulnerable than they were before this development
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