Though serious concerns remain about fresh water altering coastal ecology, the hope is that Louisiana ultimately could create more coastal land than it loses, with this $2.9 billion diversion of lower Mississippi River.
Earmarked funds were initially slated for greenspace and building improvements.
The U.S. is now the world's top exporter of LNG. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price --through pollution, noise, and destruction of this area's longtime way of life.
Low-oxygen section of the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted this year
High-tech camera detects plentiful methane leaks outside the first Gulf Coast liquified natural gas export terminals. That creates concern about the additional 20 terminals planned nationwide.
That’s tens of thousands of dollars per school that could have gone toward educational programs and supplies.
Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
Jail is plagued by too much contraband and use of force by deputies while lacking proper healthcare and classification.
The bills would roll back landmark reforms passed during Edwards’ administration, advocates say
