President Biden favors climate change and industry groups are standing up as opponents are getting a new breath. Biden referred to river parishes in between Baton Rouge and New Orleans as “Cancer Alley” as he rolled out new orders addressing
Louisiana is losing our ground water in the underground aquifers. Louisiana is known for its losing battle against rising seas and increasingly frequent floods. It can sometimes seem like the state has too much water. But the aquifers deep beneath
No, New Orleans will never be this hot or dry but still at times the same heat seems to be outside as we melt in the humidity. However on the street I live on, closer to St Charles there are
April is Earth Month! The Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition invites you to honor Mother Earth with us.
The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources and one of his committee colleagues urged President Joe Biden on Wednesday to “permanently revoke” wetlands permits for the $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex proposed for St. James Parish, calling
Susan Blackwell hesitated before setting a little sea turtle she called Proteus in the rolling waves along Grand Isle. “There was emotion involved because we’ve been with them so long,” the Audubon Nature Institute volunteer said. “But it felt good
A three-judge state appellate panel ruled Monday that an East Baton Rouge Parish judge “abused her discretion” when she directed state regulators to re-evaluate critical air permits for a Formosa Plastics complex in St. James Parish before hearing the merits
Local New Orleans residents live above a former land fill and they have been fighting for a long time to be moved. In the summer of 2019, Gordon Plaza residents who live atop the toxic waste of a former landfill
With utilities such as Entergy, Cleco and LUS looking to buy renewable energy, another solar farm is being proposed in Louisiana. A $98 million solar farm in Morehouse Parish is seeking tax breaks for manufacturing renewable power, according to an
Appearing in the Advocate under a different heading, Froma Harrop notes that with the gradual disappearance of the coronavirus in the news climate change is back on the front page. he threat of a rapidly warming planet is actually harder