West Bank residents fighting the gigantic Greenfield Grain Terminal are heartened by news from the National Park Service, which will spend the next year considering a largely rural, 14-mile stretch of Great River Road for a prestigious historical designation.
Orphaned wells, which weren’t properly plugged and abandoned, are more likely pathways for CO2 leaks. And state databases show seven orphaned wells within the townships slated to provide underground carbon-dioxide storage for Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG terminal.
Noxious refinery fire deals another blow to Garyville neighbors, weary of fighting harmful emissions. Across the river, the blaze strengthens neighbors' commitment to block the introduction of industry there.
Nick Chrastil on the city's work to find $22 million for controversial Phase III jail construction. Sara Sneath on LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated.
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.
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.
Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
Pam Radtke from Floodlight talks about how industry is pushing back against local opposition groups, Lens reporter Nick Chrastil speaks about Louisiana's incarceration rates and reporter Marta Jewson talks about a daycare run by a closing charter school group.
