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Gail LeBoeuf and Barbara Washington, co-founders of the environmental justice organization Inclusive Louisiana and plaintiffs in a case alleging environmental racism in St. James Parish, Louisiana, speak at a press conference after a hearing for their case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP/Jack Brook)

Gail LeBoeuf and Barbara Washington, co-founders of the environmental justice organization Inclusive Louisiana and plaintiffs in a case alleging environmental racism in St. James Parish, Louisiana, speak at a press conference after a hearing for their case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP/Jack Brook)

FILE - From left, Myrtle Felton, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa in St. James Parish, La., Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

FILE - From left, Myrtle Felton, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa in St. James Parish, La., Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)