In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast Guard. Critics say the Trump administration is undermining the Coast Guard’s other missions - and harming working-class boat captains while sparing industries with powerful lobbies.
Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.
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.
“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."
Feel like you're at the North Pole at the moment? There's good reason for that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Agents with the FBI and the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division conducted a search of the facility in November.
