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Marylee Orr Awarded LADEQ's ELP Environmental Leader Award |
 August 2009
Marylee was awarded the Louisiana Department Of Environmental Quality's Environmental Leadership Program Environmental Leader Award for her environmental leadership and advocacy work for Louisiana and our nation. Marylee has served as the Executive Director for the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) over the last 22 years, transforming the organization into a national environmental advocacy powerhouse. As the leader of LEAN, Marylee has led the organization in its effort to empower more than one hundred grassroots community organizations, thereby making Louisiana's communities safer and healthier places to live. In 2008, the US Office of Management and Budget Watch (OMB Watch) selected Marylee to receive the OMB Watch Public Interest Hall Of Fame Award. Also in 2008 Marylee was a runner up for the Conde' Nast Traveler Environmental Award.
For a listing of other awards and achievements please visit the About Us page.
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LEAN sues EPA & LA DEQ over air rules |
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LEAN alleges state, federal agencies
ignore standards
- By AMY WOLD
- Advocate staff writer
- Published: Jul 18, 2009 - Page: 1A
The Louisiana Environmental Action Network on Friday filed suit in U.S.
District Court in Washington, D.C., asking the court to make state and federal
agencies enforce portions of the Clean Air Act.
The lawsuit stems from a series of court actions involving the five-parish
Baton Rouge area’s failure to meet federal deadlines concerning a 1-hour
standard for ozone pollution.
The lawsuit alleges the state Department of Environmental Quality and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have not followed court orders to impose
rules that resulted from a previous deadline not being met to reduce area ozone
pollution.
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LEAN puts ExxonMobil on notice |
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Group’s letter lists violations to 2004
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- Advocate staff writer
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Published: Apr 9, 2009
- Page: 4B
"Louisiana Environmental Action Network sent ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
a notice of violation and intent to file a citizen lawsuit Monday,
alleging numerous violations of state air quality laws dating back to
2004.
The notice was also sent to state Department of Environmental Quality and is required before any action can be taken in court.
The
intent of the notice is to allow the parties involved to work things
out before court action is taken, said Adam Babich, with the Tulane
Environmental Law Clinic. The law clinic is representing LEAN and Baton
Rouge resident Stephanie Anthony in the matter."
 2theadvocate.com_LEAN_puts_Exxonmobil_on_notice 04/09/09.
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Natural, Man Made and Technology Based Disasters in the Mississippi River System in Louisiana - 2008 |
October 2008
by,
Wilma Subra
Technical Advisor to LEAN
Subra Company
New Iberia, LA
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Paul Orr
Communications Director
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
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Many Louisiana Schools Rank High in Exposure To Toxic Air Pollution |
Investigations done by USA Today show that many schoolchildren may be exposed to high levels of toxic chemicals and a number of the schools with the highest rankings can be found here in Louisiana. USA Today used two methods to rank the schools. One method was to use a computer model developed by the EPA called Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) which estimates where chemicals that are released by industry go and in what quantities. USA Today then compared that data to school locations. The other method was to physically monitor the air at 95 of these schools. The clear outcome is that many school children may be exposed to high levels of toxic chemicals and more monitoring must be done.
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