In Louisiana, elected officials in St. James Parish have rejected a $2.2 billion proposal to create the largest methanol production facility in North America between two historically Black neighborhoods. It’s a major victory for environmentalists in southern Louisiana, who spent nearly a decade fighting the proposed petrochemical complex. The region is often called “Cancer Alley” — an 85-mile stretch along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans where some 150 fossil fuel and petrochemical facilities operate.