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Environment

Neighbors weary of oil raining from S&WB Carrollton plant

Every month for past four months, a decade-long malfunction has returned, covering nearby blocks with dime-sized drops of oil.
by Matt McBride August 15, 2023 Updated August 15, 2023

‘Addressing our coastal crisis head-on’

Though serious concerns remain about fresh water altering coastal ecology, the hope is that Louisiana ultimately could create more coastal land than it loses, with this $2.9 billion diversion of lower Mississippi River.
by Delaney Dryfoos August 13, 2023 Updated August 13, 2023

‘Death stars on sinking land’: How liquefied natural gas took over the Gulf Coast

The U.S. is now the world's top exporter of LNG. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price --through pollution, noise, and destruction of this area's longtime way of life.
by Lylla Younes and Jake Bittle August 6, 2023 Updated February 27, 2026

‘Dead Zone’ smaller than average, but still almost as big as Yellowstone Park

Low-oxygen section of the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted this year
by Delaney Dryfoos August 3, 2023 Updated August 3, 2023

LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated

High-tech camera detects plentiful methane leaks outside the first Gulf Coast liquified natural gas export terminals. That creates concern about the additional 20 terminals planned nationwide.
by Sara Sneath July 31, 2023 Updated August 9, 2024

Louisiana’s new fossil-fuel plants have no trouble getting property insurance — despite disappearing policies for state residents.

Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
by Taylor Kate Brown for Floodlight July 24, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Groups seek federal intervention for LNG company they deem air permit offender

by Joshua Rosenberg May 26, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Rent to increase on FEMA trailers for Louisianans impacted by Hurricane Ida

by Kezia Setyawan May 23, 2023 Updated May 23, 2023

Nonprofit floats stormwater fee to shore up drainage system costs

The city's needs require a new approach that prioritizes equity, the group argues.
by Joshua Rosenberg May 22, 2023 Updated May 23, 2023

Mississippi River shipping infrastructure is aging. Who should pay for the repairs?

by Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Keely Brewer, Daily Memphian May 19, 2023 Updated May 19, 2023

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