Photo courtesy of Sierra Club In a speech this week unveiling a series of executive orders targeting climate change and industrial pollution, President Joe Biden said two words rarely uttered from such a high federal office, or even state-level ones
Recommendations for renaming New Orleans streets that currently honor Confederate officials or segregationists will be given one more pass and another public hearing before they are sent to the City Council for a decision. The council’s Street Renaming Commission expects
n what would the most ambitious U.S. effort ever to stave off the worst effects of climate change, President Joe Biden is aiming to cut oil, gas and coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines through executive
Oil industry subsidies are being curtailed as more financial help goes to renewables as stated in action vy President Biden Wednesday. The pull-back on subsidies is another setback for the oil and gas industry in Louisiana, which is already reeling
Southerly is a journal dedicated to ecology, justice, and culture in the American South. They’ve just published a story about how faith leaders organized to win two major environmental victories in Louisiana. Not to give anything away, but one big
Shintech is adding $1.3 Biklklion to expand their plants in Iberville and West Baton Rouge. The U.S. subsidiary of the world’s largest producer of polyvinyl chloride resins, or PVC, said nearly all the expansion, about $1.25 billion, will be used
Louisiana needs to improve identification of industrial polluters who do not report violations and to more aggressively enforce these violations. Identification of enforcement actions from 2015-2019 from 10 months to 20 months. “As a result, there is a risk that
Dams and pollution long ago stripped the Pearl River of its namesake fish, the Pearl darter. “The fact that the Pearl River’s namesake fish no longer lives in the river really tells the story of the extinction crisis in North
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend $45.7 million in the next fiscal year to complete a key project aimed at deepening the Mississippi River channel to 50 feet from Baton Rouge to the river’s mouth. These monies will
Anyone covering Louisiana’s battle for coastal survival, which includes its risks from climate change, will invariably come up against this criticism: “Hey, don’t you ever report good news?” I get it. While honest reporting — especially over the last year