Mark Schleifstein

Freelance Environment Reporter · 1 appearance on the record.

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Mark Schleifstein is an award-winning journalist who spent decades covering Louisiana wetlands, coastal erosion, and hurricanes for The Times-Picayune. He co-authored the 2002 series "Washing Away" warning of New Orleans' vulnerability and co-authored the book Path of Destruction.

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Schleifstein: Louisiana DEQ rarely denies permits to industrial companies

“The result of that is that It's rare that companies do not get the permits that they need.”

Mark Schleifstein Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 23:56 Introducing Discarded: Episode 1, David vs. Goliath

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Assertion Supported

Schleifstein: Louisiana DEQ rarely denies permits to industrial companies

“The result of that is that It's rare that companies do not get the permits that they need.”

Mark Schleifstein Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 23:56 Introducing Discarded: Episode 1, David vs. Goliath

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Schleifstein: Two-thirds of Louisiana emissions dropped over 15 years after EPA tracking

“The result of that was two-thirds of the emissions in Louisiana disappeared over the next 15 years.”

Mark Schleifstein Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 20:37 Introducing Discarded: Episode 1, David vs. Goliath

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Schleifstein: Total industrial emissions in Louisiana increased over the past decade

“In the last five or 10 years, the industry, both because there are more of them, but also because the companies themselves have expanded their size and have increased the amount of product that they're producing, we're seeing an increase in the total amount of…”

Mark Schleifstein Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 21:00 Introducing Discarded: Episode 1, David vs. Goliath

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Schleifstein: Water, transport, and salt domes drew petrochemical plants to Mississippi River

“Chemical plants were built on the Mississippi River because there's free water from the Mississippi, and there's free transportation, but you also have easy access to salt domes throughout the region that can be mined to make chlorine, which is the key ingredi…”

Mark Schleifstein Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 17:46 Introducing Discarded: Episode 1, David vs. Goliath

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Introducing Discarded: Episode 1, David vs. Goliath	Mar 13, 2023	3m

Mark Schleifstein

The record, in short

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