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Category: Environment

Let’s hold candidates accountable for fixing New Orleans’ fractured drainage system

Don't miss Thursday's Mayoral Forum on Flood Risk.
by Nathan Lott September 12, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Live blog: Harvey’s rain reaches New Orleans

We're gathering news of street flooding and other effects.
by Steve Myers August 29, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Harvey raises a question New Orleanians have long debated: Evacuate? Or sit tight?

Lives depend on making the right choice.
by Jed Horne August 29, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Landrieu says New Orleans drainage system should be able to handle Hurricane Harvey’s rain

Here’s what we know about how the storm could affect New Orleans.
by Charles Maldonado August 25, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Lake Pontchartrain storm surge barrier could worsen flooding in St. Bernard and Mississippi

by Della Hasselle August 18, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Flooding is expected to get worse in St. Tammany Parish. How can communities adapt?

With the help of a $40 million federal grant, residents of six parishes in southeastern Louisiana have been talking about how their communities could be redesigned to deal with increased flooding. The plans are meant to complement the state’s expectations that thousands of homes will have be elevated, and some bought out, in the coming decades.
by Della Hasselle August 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Some oyster leases near offshore wells have a surprising owner: oil and gas companies

Oil and gas companies hold several thousand acres of oyster leases off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. The industry says they’re guarding against frivolous damage claims. Oystermen say they’re trying to avoid accountability.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 28, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Audio: Post-Katrina population shift offers clues to the impending migration from Louisiana’s coast

Thousands of people may be forced to move inland in the coming years, according to the state.
by Tegan Wendland June 16, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Scrapping Paris accord puts world on skids to become Louisiana

Trump to planet earth: Get ready to get flooded
by Karen Dalton Beninato June 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Audio: Proposal to widen Industrial Canal revives distrust in Lower Ninth Ward

People have not forgotten the corps' role in the city's flooding after Hurricane Katrina.
by Tegan Wendland June 7, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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