(January 27, 2021, 1:25 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Dow Chemical Co. and two of its subsidiaries entered into an agreement in federal court in Louisiana Jan. 19 with the federal government and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) in which the companies agreed to pay a $3 million civil penalty for violating the Clean Air Act (CAA) and spend $294 million to install equipment to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other hazardous substances from emissions caused by industrial flaring at facilities in Texas and Louisiana....