Actual jobs, the environmental conditions and infrastructure and the disproportionate impact on a minority community, these are the normal grievances heard when a new plant is proposed along our river. The proposed $5.8 billion Hyundai Steel electric-arc furnace manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish, Louisiana (located in the RiverPlex MegaPark near Modeste and Donaldsonville) claims a 70% reduction in carbon emissions compared to traditional coal-fired blast furnaces, while bringing supposedly bringing in 1300 jobs. The state has promised a truckload in financial guarantees. These are all important matters for our greater community:
