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re: Surprise collapse of $800 MIL grain facility draws activists' praise, Landry's criticism
Posted on 8/8/24 at 6:45 am to tLSU
Posted on 8/8/24 at 6:45 am to tLSU
quote:
John Cummings funding the Banner sisters' opposition.
Is he doing it because of this:
A retired lawyer opens first US slavery museum with $8.6 million of his money
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2016/0324/A-retired-lawyer-opens-first-US-slavery-museum-with-8.6-million-of-his-money
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Posted on 8/8/24 at 6:48 am to loogaroo
quote:Ah, the American dream.
They are impacting wetlands. You have to get the blessing from at least 7 agencies addressing environmental concerns and all sorts of other crap. NOAA is even involved and soon the new European regulations.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 6:52 am to White Bear
If they would have formed a minority owned subsidiary and had that company apply, the government incentives would have paid for most of it with no permitting issues.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 6:57 am to Saunson69
quote:You’re going to have to explain how a town that is 90%+ black not wanting a plant in their town is incredibly racist against white people. Start at around 2nd grade level logic.
Place a plant in a 90%+ Black town, and it is extremely hard to pass permitting.
How this isn't racist is beyond me. It's incredibly racist against white people.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 6:59 am to 9Fiddy
I worked at a grain elevator just out of college and it’s just the grain dust
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:00 am to ragincajun03
Wonder where they are considering putting it now? If they saw enough demand to invest nearly a billion dollars you'd think they would be looking elsewhere too.
They can come to my hood. I'm not worried about grain dust or being disenfranchised.
They can come to my hood. I'm not worried about grain dust or being disenfranchised.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:01 am to Guess
Explosions occur because of a confined space with grain dust and a spark.
Do you realize that cargill has 2 large grain elevators, Zenoh grain has another one with no such incidents??
Do you realize that cargill has 2 large grain elevators, Zenoh grain has another one with no such incidents??
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:13 am to Turnblad85
quote:
Wonder where they are considering putting it now? If they saw enough demand to invest nearly a billion dollars you'd think they would be looking elsewhere too.
Maybe, maybe not. Financial outlook can change a lot in 3 years. Especially when you consider the additional time it would take to get back to the point where this battle started.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:27 am to TxWadingFool
quote:
permit from the CO
You have to get a permit from USACE to build anything with a foundation 1500 ft from levee centerline. When the river rises past a certain point, the levee police shuts down the construction until river goes down. Go ask Ochsner how their construction projects are working out along Jeff Hwy. And you've got a white house that can tell USACE to keep punting.
ETA: saw another post about environmental permits, wetlands etc. Good point. The oppositions lawyers were throwing every agency roadblock they could at them.
This post was edited on 8/8/24 at 11:05 am
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:41 am to ragincajun03
quote:
"We look forward to working with the community to heal, preserve, and build a healthy bright future together
What in the actual frick does this even mean? Heal from what? The trauma of someone thinking about building something? We live in a world of pussies.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:45 am to ragincajun03
quote:
Joy Banner, an activist leader who helped spearhead opposition to the project, said "we’ve fought for three long years to save the community, way of life, and heritage we love." Banner and her sister Jo Banner are co-founders of The Descendants Project, which has sought to preserve the legacy of slaves who worked the River Parishes' plantations.
The truth is that there were plenty of residents in the community in support of the project. Joy and Jo Banner brainwashed a few people into joining their cause, started a "non-profit" called the The Descendants Project, collected a shitload of out of state funding "for the cause". Most who have been following this know this was purely for their self-gain, so much so they were able to recently afford the purchase of Woodland Plantation Home. If you can't build an agricultural facility along one of the major port systems in this country, wtf can you build?
Similar situation happened a few years ago to Formosa Plastics. What are companies in the future going to think when they are considering investing along the Lower MS River when they see these stories that a handful of people were able to derail these projects after the companies had invested years of time and millions of dollars in planning, engineering, etc.?
I hate these people if you can't tell
ETA: Woodland Plantation, not Whitney
This post was edited on 8/8/24 at 8:51 am
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:51 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
I’m not sure how the locals would benefit. No guarantee jobs go to them. Any local or state tax revenue surely would be pissed away. Corporate profits go out of the area
yea im sure these types of developments never hire local people, never entice people to move to an area and Im sure no locals life ever improved due to economic development in an area
frick it.....why try and pursue economic development at all? according to you, no locals ever benefit and the taxes are just pissed away always. only the greedy owners benefit right?
Posted on 8/8/24 at 7:53 am to VernonPLSUfan
quote:
The picture in the link is the ship getting the grain or dropping it off?
Crops are farmed farther inland and loaded out to barges or trains at smaller facilities where ships cannot access. The grain is barged or railed to the lower MS river (or other major port systems), offloaded and stored in these grain elevators. Then reloaded onto ships for exporting to other parts of the country/world.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 8:00 am to ragincajun03
Next time you hear black folks complaing about a lack of good jobs, bookmark this and go back to it
Posted on 8/8/24 at 8:18 am to Mark Makers
They did not buy the Whitney Plantation, it was the Woodland.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 8:31 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
I’m not sure how the locals would benefit. No guarantee jobs go to them
I ran multiple river grain terminals in Louisiana for years. We only hired from the local area. All 12-15 employees either lived in town or the next town over. These were full time jobs with benefits.
Explosions do occur but they're very rare and like a previous poster said, they only happen at the facility in the confined space. Elevators have been running since the 60s that have never had a fire or explosion. The tech today to prevent these accidents is very efficient.
The company had plans to support the local high school with scholarships and start a local health clinic. Not sure if they really would have followed through but now we'll never know.
And now without this export facility the company is going to have to sell the inland facilities in North Louisiana/Southern Arkansas that would've originated the grain for export. Essentially it will cease to exist.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 8:33 am to ragincajun03
Pollution?
I'm pretty sure rice and wheat are bio based products?
I'm pretty sure rice and wheat are bio based products?
Posted on 8/8/24 at 8:36 am to Duckhammer_77
quote:The Executive branch of government is completely out of control.
And you've got a white house that can tell USACE to keep punting.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 8:49 am to BgJag
quote:
They did not buy the Whitney Plantation, it was the Woodland.
Whoops, mistyped, this is correct.
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