In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses
Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency
Category: Land Use
Reporting on how land, space, and development shape the future of New Orleans. This category examines zoning decisions, neighborhood planning, environmental impact, and the balance between growth and preservation—highlighting who benefits, who’s affected, and what’s at stake.
Let’s acknowledge the Alabo Wharf’s place in history
In a lawsuit about a slaughterhouse that once stood at the Alabo site, the U.S. Supreme Court first interpreted the 14th Amendment, which later became pivotal in civil rights rulings, and led to four little 9th Ward girls desegregating the first public schools in the Deep South.
Let’s make plans together about the future of our beloved City Park
Nonprofit: Greenfield owes $200 million in property taxes for grain elevator project
Council aims to tackle backlog of city-owned blight with new database
Research seeks ways to grow solar and crops together in the skeptical Corn Belt
Researchers want to know how co-locating solar and crops — a practice known as 'agrivoltaics' — could benefit farmers and be a salve to a growing strain in the Corn Belt, where rural residents and towns are pushing back on solar projects that can often take farmland out of production.
Gordon Plaza relocation hinges on what prices the city offers for homes
Under the law, the city must get a market appraisal in order to make an offer on the homes. But houses in Gordon Plaza are not worth much on the market.
Methanol company on its own to resolve stalled $2.2 billion project after St. James Parish rejects rezoning bid
Environmental group raises questions about possible open meetings law violations in advance of the vote.
Council temporarily bans new short-term rentals as it rewrites regulations
The vote comes after a federal appeals court decision gutted the city’s short-term rental law.
Grain elevator tax deal could cost St. John Parish more than $200 million over 30 years, analysis finds
Greenfield Louisiana inked a deal that allows it to pay a flat fee in lieu of taxes for decades.
