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Environment

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

Join us to discuss how climate change is altering the way Louisianians eat

Join us on April 20 to ask questions and learn more.
by Anne Mueller April 6, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Hilcorp seeks dredging permit a year after dragging drilling barge through shallow water

Members of the Louisiana Oystermen Association said the state should reject it because of the company’s history of problems.
by Michael Isaac Stein March 18, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

To rebuild the coast, Louisiana must show its river diversions won’t kill native dolphins

They can’t survive if the water isn’t salty enough, and they won’t leave their home in Barataria Bay.
by Bob Marshall February 21, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Permit for first sediment diversion will take at least 2.5 years (and that’s fast)

Federal regulators must make sure the diversion won't violate 82 laws and executive orders.
by Bob Marshall February 13, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Reclaiming native ground: Can Louisiana’s tribes restore their traditional diets as waters rise?

Native Americans are losing their ability to live off the land as it has crumbled into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are trying to figure out how to survive on what's left. A multimedia collaboration between the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Gravy, and The Lens.
by Barry Yeoman February 9, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

State coastal agency says midyear budget cuts could delay restoration projects

The agency says it may not have the required match for joint projects with the federal government.
by Bob Marshall January 25, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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