Louisiana bets big on ‘blue ammonia.’ Communities along Cancer Alley brace for the cost.
Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.
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Cameron pipeline blast shows why local air monitoring is needed, environmental group says
Air-monitoring equipment for the Habitat Recovery Project positioned 25 miles away from where Tuesday’s explosion happened, tracked a steep spike in particulate matter at the time of the explosion and other substantial increases four hours afterward, as natural gas from the pipe burned.
Wind, innovation, and clean communities are smart policy, not security threats
“Offshore wind development in the Gulf would not replace oil and gas jobs,” writes U.S. Rep. Troy Carter. “It would build on them, using the same skills Louisiana workers already possess, while reducing harmful emissions that disproportionately impact frontline communities."
Yes, climate change can supercharge a winter storm. Here’s how.
Feel like you're at the North Pole at the moment? There's good reason for that.
Grassroots air monitoring helps people track pollution in their own backyards. Those efforts are under threat in Louisiana.
As the state limits sharing of independent data, the Trump administration is delaying new testing requirements for dozens of chemical plants around the Mississippi River Basin.
When the power goes out, churches offer shelter through the Community Lighthouse network
New Orleans churches and community centers are being outfitted with backup and solar power to create a microgrid for residents during the city’s frequent outages. But that’s not the only value they offer.
After losing a climate case in a Louisiana courtroom, Chevron wants a change of venue
Lawyers for the oil giant argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the matter belongs in federal court. But the heavily Republican state responded that a $744.6 million jury award in state court should stand.
EPA blind spots leave workers unprotected from ethylene oxide’s cancer risks
Frequent contact with the carcinogen ethylene oxide can boost the odds of developing cancer up to 60 times — risk levels that should raise red flags in Louisiana, which produces 20% of the nation’s ethylene oxide emissions within its 85-mile industrial corridor, known as Cancer Alley.
Records reveal federal criminal search warrant served at Smitty’s Supply
Agents with the FBI and the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division conducted a search of the facility in November.
Buyouts for a petrochemical complex threaten to erase Modeste
Lawsuit targets rezoning of land for industry, which would displace hundreds in Modeste, a predominantly Black community in Ascension Parish.
