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Environment
Proposal fizzles to place air monitors at Louisiana industrial facilities
A bill aimed at warning Louisiana residents about toxic air releases failed to advance, leaving questions about how communities near industrial plants will be protected.
Toxic chemicals spread even as officials told Black residents of Roseland that they were safe
Newly released tests and documents in the Louisiana town contradict government reassurances and are fueling protest.
The Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans can’t get a break
The neighborhood is facing an onslaught of catastrophic projects that could be more damaging than Hurricane Katrina.
Judges overseeing Louisiana’s landmark oil cases have financial stakes in defendants
Federal judges held stock, bonds and leased mineral rights to Exxon, Chevron and others while hearing cases against the companies alleging damage to the La. coast.
Louisiana’s HB804 could shield oil companies from climate lawsuits
As lawsuits by mostly Democrat-controlled municipalities and states move through the courts, Republican-controlled statehouses like Louisiana’s are proposing a growing number of bills like HB804, to immunize polluters from climate liability.
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered-species protections in the Gulf of Mexico
Citing fuel shortages caused by the War of Iran, a federal committee voted to override the Endangered Species Act, clearing the way for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Double the capacity, double the bill: Meta and Entergy announce a plan to build 7 new power plants for AI data centers in LA.
In this episode of Behind The Lens, host Carolyne Heldman Rovira interviews journalist and policy advisor Ned Randolph, to unpack a major energy and infrastructure development that could reshape Louisiana’s future.
Meta triples order of gas-fired power plants for its AI campus in Louisiana
The seven additional new Entergy plants will power Meta’s mammoth AI site in Richland Parish, which is the size of 2.700 football fields.
The day of reckoning: The Supreme Court will soon decide if oil companies have to pay for damage to the LA coast.
In this episode of Behind The Lens, host Carolyne Heldman speaks with investigative reporter Emily Sanders to unpack decades of coastal damage linked to oil and gas activity, and the growing question of accountability.
