Environment Archives

Catastrophic damage from Ida leaves hundreds of thousands without power

Storm downgraded Monday morning, but remains a danger, forecasters said. Schools across metro area closed. Reports of severe flooding in LaPlace, Jean Lafitte.

Nathaniel Rich on remaking nature and living with uncertainty

‘Seething and bewildered’: Entergy New Orleans shut off three times more power than it had to during rolling blackouts

Cantrell gives update ahead of vital weekend for Hurricane Zeta recovery

‘We will get impacts from this’: City officials prep for Hurricane Zeta

City officials prepare for effects of Hurricane Delta

‘A very big rain event’: Mayor Cantrell warns that Hurricane Sally will impact New Orleans despite more favorable projections

Grappling with meaning, 10 years after Macondo

Planners talk about resilience in the face of climate change. We need to start using a different R word.

State agencies postpone meeting on proposed oil terminal in Plaquemines Parish

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