St. Louis City Residents:

We are asking you to take a stand against industrial polluters contributing to a long standing pattern of environmental racism, against further degradation of St. Louis air quality in the most marginalized neighborhoods, and against tax incentives for unethical corporations enabling human rights violations and genocide.

Israeli Chemicals Limited (ICL) has cited a major Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) manufacturing plant at 401 Adelaide Ave. in the North Riverfront neighborhood of St. Louis City. This battery component manufacturing plant will be close to residences, the O'Fallon YMCA Recreation Center, schools, and the St. Louis City Chain of Rocks water treatment plant.

The non-elected St. Louis Planned Industrial Expansion Authority (PIEA) ignored community concerns, passing a net $8.2 million tax abatement without public input, nor the approval of the Board of Aldermen. This facility will emit air pollution including particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), small quantities of heavy metals, and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), among others. ICL has violated the Clean Air Act at its existing Carondelet facility, and has contracted with the Department of Defense to manufacture white phosphorus, a chemical weapon notoriously used by the Israeli military against the Palestinian population in Gaza in violation of international law.

This planned facility is an egregious instance of environmental racism, exposing a predominantly Black and historically redlined neighborhood already overburdened by environmental hazards to even more pollution. Help us stop unjust tax abatements for this unethical and harmful plant.