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Environment
Meta’s data center will be the biggest in the U.S., but no one knows who they’re hiring
Research shows that AI data center facilities are landing in Black and low-income communities already treated as environmental sacrifice zones. In Louisiana, the two neighboring towns have a majority Black population, but residents fear that the jobs are not reaching them.
Meta hides data center info as it pushes more risks to Entergy’s customers
Despite last Wednesday's procedural setback, the PSC's final decision on all these new gas plants is not scheduled to take place until December 16th. "The fight isn’t over, writes Paul Arbaje, as he outlines the substance of Meta's proposal and why it’s a risky proposition for Louisiana ratepayers.
PODCAST: “Where did all my people go?” (Audio)
Black defendants face major barriers to securing representative juries, while a Lower Ninth Ward family farm wins a settlement after its property was mistakenly treated with pesticides.
Trump approval of a gigantic offshore Louisiana LNG port ignores significant risks
Constructing the massive Delfin LNG deepwater export terminal 40 miles off the Louisiana coast could threaten protected marine life, exacerbate the state’s already poor air quality, and contribute to heating our planet, writes attorney Lauren Parker of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute.
Industrial pollution linked to learning disabilities in New Orleans area
As Louisiana’s petrochemical industrial facilities expand, the children that live near them are faced with long-term health and developmental impacts
Jury rules against Orkin for spraying pesticide on New Orleans organic farm
An Orkin man went to the wrong address, fogged Fat River Farm in the Lower 9th Ward with pesticides, ruined the farm’s ability to market its produce as organic, and upset the garden’s natural balance of insects.
Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air — and industry helped keep it that way
The state’s air monitors are often miles from its biggest polluters and residents have little way of knowing what they’re breathing. That’s no accident.
Black and white Louisiana churches split over $250B Meta data center
As Meta’s massive AI data center, the most expensive in the nation, transforms rural Richland Parish, Louisiana's Black and white churches are divided over whether technological progress represents a God-given opportunity or a powerful new force likely to deepen inequities.
Behind The Lens: False claims, real consequences: Why an Iberia Parish solar farm never got built (Audio)
A proposed solar farm in Iberia Parish promised millions in local tax revenue and a boost for Louisiana's clean energy future. Instead, a misinformation campaign fueled public opposition that helped bring the project to a halt.
