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Industrial Landscape { 39 images } Created 17 Dec 2014

Industry at work and in a mess-
oil spills, gaslands, coal plants and refineries.
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  • Christmas lights on a house next to Murphy Oil Corporation in Meraux, Louisiana located just south of the stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans along the river, with a large concentration of chemical and oil companies  referred to some as "Petrochemical Corridor," and others as "Cancer Alley,"  due to an increased risk to cancer due to the emissions from the numerous chemicals emitted by the facilities.
    Home in Front of Meraux Refinery.jpg
  • Shell Petrochemical Complex in Beaver County nears completion. View from Monaca PA at the end of April, 2022. Petrochemical. Petrochemical plant, Shell Cracker, cracker, fossil fuel, natural gas build out, plastic industry, PA, beaver county, climate crisis, Co2 emissions, pollution, global warming, Shell, industry, air pollution, industrial landscape
    Shell Cracker Plant PA39.jpg
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  • Home near the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, West Virginia.
    Coal Power Plant in West Virginia.jpg
  • The Holy Rosary Cemetery next to the Union Carbide Complex,now owned by Dow Chemical Company in Taft, Louisiana near the banks of the Mississippi River along the stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans referred to as the "Petrochemical Corridor" by industry and "Cancer Alley," by many fenceline communities, due to the increased cancer risk in the regions from the large number of refineries and petrochemical plants that line the river.
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  • Horse in front of an oil pumping station amongst dead live oak trees, an indicator of the saltwater intrusion caused by the levee system along the banks of the Bayou St. Jean Charles and channels cut by oil companies done off the Isle de Jean Charles and Pointe-aux-Chene.
    Horse at a Pump Station.jpg
  • The Zion Travelers Cemetery in Reserve, Louisiana, in the heart of Cancer Alley. Next to the cemetery is the Marathon Refinery.
    Zion Travelers Cemetery 02.jpg
  • The San Juan Generating Plant just outside of Farmington, New Mexico in the Four Corners region, deemed an 'energy Sacrifice Zone," by the Nixon administration, is one of America's largest coal plants.
    The San Juan Generating Plant in New...jpg
  • Plume rising from the Texas Petroleum Chemical  plant, on Thanksgivng, the day after multiple explosions rocked the facility. Though authorities issued a mandatory evacation for those living in a four mile radious of the plant, many remained at home.  Regualtors warned that its air monitoring indicates no human health concerns, though the incident is causing the release of chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and that elevated levels of VOCs from this facility are odorous. Short-term exposure to high concentrations of VOCs can cause eye, nose, and throat irritation, shortness of breath, headaches, and nausea.
    TPC Plant Explosion in Texas26.jpg
  • Norco's annual Christmas Parade in Norco Louisiana. The parades theme for 2015 was "Santa 4 President."  Norco is in the middle of a stretch along the Mississippi Rive between New Orleans and Baton Rouge in Louisiana known to some as 'Cancer Alley' and to others as the "Petrochemical Corridor."
    Norco Xmas Parade 201532.jpg
  • Oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico next to rig 313 on the east side of the Mississippi River
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  • Polar bear outside of a closed restaurant near the Cheswick coal power plant in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County.
    Cheswick Coal Power Plant 03.jpg
  • Children dropped off from school in front of their home in Hosston, Louisiana, part of the Haynsville Shale region..
    Haynesville Shale region21.jpg
  • Resting angel on a tombstone in Bethlehem Cemetery in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, next to the Bruce Mansfield coal power plant. Steam in the background rising from the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.
    Bruce Mansfield Coal Plant06.jpg
  • Two rigs on one fracksite near Westdale, Louisiana in Haynesville Shale region.
    Haynesville Shale region33.jpg
  • Aerial view of the 'OIl Patch' in Eddy County , part of the Permian Basin, revitalized by the fracking industry. Rumored to have more drilling pads then anywhere else in the country.
    Fracking Industry New Mexico -3.jpg
  • Shell’s sprawling plastics plant , also known as an “ethane cracker,” under construction in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The plant is part of  the growing petrochemcial industry in the United States. The  expanding shale gas industry has been building demand for fossil fuels from its fracked oil and gas wells by promoting turning its products into plastics and petrochemicals.
    Shell Monaca Cracker Plant01.jpg
  • Home near the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, West Virginia.
    Coal Power Plant WV15.jpg
  • Plume from the Texas Petroleum Chemical  plant drifts into a park near the plant, the day  after multiple explosions rocked the plant,  near a shopping center about a mile mile from the plant. Though authorities issued a mandatory evacation for those living in a four mile radious of the plant, many remained at home.  Regualtors warned that its air monitoring indicates no human health concerns, though the incident is causing the release of chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and that elevated levels of VOCs from this facility are odorous. Short-term exposure to high concentrations of VOCs can cause eye, nose, and throat irritation, shortness of breath, headaches, and nausea.
    TPC Plant Explosion in Texas20.jpg
  • Ground flare at the Exxon SABIC  Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical plant in Portland Texas on Dec, 6, 2021.
    Exxon SABIC GVGC Plant in Texa02.jpg
  • Noble Energy site in Weld County Colorado in The Pawnee National Grasslands, 25 Miles North East of Greeley.
    Fracking Industry Colorado -51.jpg
  • Cancer Alley, Louisiana Cancer Alley
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  • Virgin de Guadalupe statue in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bloomfield, NM, next to a Conoco-Phillips San Juan Gas Plant. Bloomfield is in the northwestern part in New Mexico in the San Juan Basin where the fracking industry is booming.
    Virgin de Guadalupe in Bloomfield.jpg
  • Lara Cemetery in the Permian Basin on the outskirts of Pecos, Texas.
    Permian Basin Oilfield 86.jpg
  • The Holy Rosary Cemetery next to Dow Chemical (formally Union Carbide Complex) in Taft Louisiana is located  across from  the Mississippi River in the stretch between Baton Rouge and New Orleans,  is part of a large concentration of chemical and oil companies that was formerly referred to as the "Petrochemical Corridor," but now is know as "Cancer Alley."  Many cases of cancer have occurred  in communities on both sides of the river though the Louisiana Tumor Registry claims the numbers are not higher then the national average. The record high levels of the Mississippi River in the spring of 2011 brought on by what some scientists classify as climate change,  threaten the environment with the potential flooding of industrial complexes and nuclear facilities along the river.
    Cancer Alley Louisiana05.jpg
  • Aerial view of the 'OIl Patch' in Eddy County , part of the Permian Basin, revitalized by the fracking industry that is rumored to have more drilling pads then anywhere else in the country.
    Wastewater treatment plant in New Me...jpg
  • Feb 10, Paradis, LA, The fire at the site where the Phillips 66 pipeline exploded on Feb. 9, still burning the next day. One worker is presumed dead.
    Phillips 66 Pipeline Explosion04.jpg
  • Aerial view of a drilling rig at a frack site in Midland,Texas in t Permian Basin. 33
    Fracking Texas Permian Basin -77.jpg
  • Flare at a fracking industry site in the Eagle Ford Shale region in Texas.
    Fracking Eagle Ford Shale -1.jpg
  • Virgin de Guadalupe statue the  St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bloomfield, NM, next to a Conoco-Phillips San Juan Gas Plant. Bloomfield is in the northwestern part in New Mexico in the San Juan Basin.
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  • Rattlesnake Bayou, in Plaquemines Parish. that is suing the oil and gas industry for past practices that failed to restore coastal wetlands.The Louisiana coast loses a football field’s worth of land every 38 minutes. This staggering rate of land loss has been brought on by climate change, subsidance. and coastal erosion accelerated by human activities, including water diversion projects and damage done by the oil and gas industry.
    Coastal Erosion in Louisiana009.jpg
  • Horses graze near a wind farm that is next to the Exxon SABIC  Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical plant in Portland Texas.
    Exxon SABIC GVGC Plant in Texa09.jpg
  • Storm damaged home in next to the Entergy-LIttle Gypsy plant in Montz, in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana along the 80 mile stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans known as Cancer Alley.
    Cancer Alley LA 202203.jpg
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  • The Zion Travelers Cemetery in Reserve, Louisiana, in the heart of Cancer Alley. Next to the cemetery is the Marathon Refinery.
    Marathon Refinery02.jpg
  • Norco Xmass Parade Louisiana13.jpg
  • ships in the Mississippi River passing the Spillway in Norco, Dow chemical plant behind them.
    Spillway Dow Chemical 02.jpg
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  • The W. H. Sammis Power Plant602A9169...jpg