ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST:
Europe's desire to stop buying Russian natural gas could mean more gas export terminals along the U.S. Gulf Coast. But that could make Biden administration climate goals harder to achieve. And WWNO's Halle Parker reports those new plants likely would be built in communities already living with pollution.
HALLE PARKER, BYLINE: Southwest Louisiana is a hub for casinos, culture and petrochemical refining. It's also been battered by hurricanes. The city of Lake Charles was struck by not one but two hurricanes in 2020. Roishetta Ozane still lives in a FEMA trailer - right next to one of the area's many petroleum plants.