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City officials prepare for effects of Hurricane Delta

The latest projections on Tuesday afternoon showed the storm shifting West, away from New Orleans. But officials warned that the path was far from certain.
by Michael Isaac Stein October 6, 2020 Updated October 7, 2020

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

Hurricane Sally's track has shifted east, but city should still brace for effects.
by Michael Isaac Stein September 14, 2020 Updated September 14, 2020

Grappling with meaning, 10 years after Macondo

Ten years after the the devastation of BP's Deepwater Horizon platform, survivor Leo Lindner writes on the loss of his friends, misconceptions of the disaster, and the mistake of putting profits over people.
by Leo Lindner April 21, 2020 Updated April 21, 2020

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

In our Plan-A world, architecture and planning has become focused on the idea of “resilient” design. But continuing to talk about “resilience” in the face of ever-worsening projections is its own form of climate denial.
by Steven Bingler and Martin Pedersen February 26, 2020 Updated February 26, 2020
Community meeting about PLT

State agencies postpone meeting on proposed oil terminal in Plaquemines Parish

The hearing was planned for public discussion of the proposed Plaquemines Liquids Terminal. The PLT is a massive crude oil export terminal that would be built adjacent to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.
by Sophie Kasakove February 5, 2020 Updated October 4, 2025
Fishing boats

Listen up, Congress: Here’s how to support Louisiana’s working waterfronts and local seafood

Showcasing Gulf seafood and making a profitable living on the water are both becoming more and more difficult. But there may be good news on the horizon.
by Ryan Prewitt and Lance Nacio January 30, 2020 Updated January 30, 2020

Environmental groups say state is moving too quickly on permits for proposed Plaquemines oil terminal

by Sophie Kasakove January 17, 2020 Updated January 17, 2020

Corporate wealth or the truth

The Advocate's editorial board "welcomes" petrochemical plants, even as its reporters show how dangerous that attitude has been.
by The Rev. William Barnwell December 16, 2019 Updated December 16, 2019

New Orleans is ready for resilient power

by Andy Kowalczyk and Marriele Mango November 25, 2019 Updated December 13, 2019

As activists are arrested in Baton Rouge, in-depth coverage shows Louisiana’s ‘Death Alley’ to the world

For the first time in years, the recently combined papers teamed up with the nonprofit ProPublica news service to give us the urgent, in-depth coverage that the worsening crisis deserves.
by The Rev. William Barnwell November 13, 2019 Updated November 13, 2019

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