Environmental groups are calling for reduced ship speeds in the prime habitat of a newly discovered, critically endangered whale species that lives only in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rice’s Whale to be Protected at Sea
A Second Chance to Lead in Energy – If we Take It
Incredibly, Louisiana now has a rare opportunity not just to play “What if” — but to win.
Black Neighborhoods Hit Hardest in Property Tax Sales
Residents in historically Black neighborhoods in the Kansas City, Kansas, risk losing their homes amid the pandemic as delinquent property tax sales resume under a practice critics decry as racist and government officials laud for revitalizing communities
Tornadoes in Louisiana? Maybe maybe not
Some experts say the storms are part of an alarming trend: tornadoes are spinning up more often in Louisiana
Denka Toxic Releases Under Fire
An environmental group is demanding that the EPA take emergency actions to reduce chloroprene emissions at the Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in LaPlace
Trees, Trees and more Trees in New Orleans
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape, or SOUL has led volunteer plantings in several neighborhoods since 2016, including one that added almost 900 trees in Old Algiers. Next, it will plot the city’s plans toward reestablishing the canopy.
Conserve 30% of our land – I hope so!
The Biden administration detailed steps to conserve nearly one-third of America’s lands and waters by 2030.
UN Says – Cut Methane!
Cutting the super-potent greenhouse gas methane quickly and dramatically is the world’s best hope to slow and limit the worst of global warming, a new United Nations report says.
Hot Now? Just Wait
America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago.
Refrigerants and Cooling gases to be Changed
EPA to phase out HFCs