The report is the federal government’s first estimate of America’s oldest trees. Environmentalists hope it is a step for protecting them from logging.
US inventories old growth forests
Methylene chloride to be banned
Used as a paint stripper, methylene chloride can poison the nervous system and is the second chemical the agency is targeting under a 2016 law update
Energy transition is coming, there is no question
Energy transition will happen ‘whether you embrace it or not,’ John Bel Edwards tells conference
Blue ammonia plant may be coming
A $4.6 billion “blue” ammonia plant could be coming to St. Charles Parish
For hydrogen partnership to work we need users
As Louisiana’s hydrogen partnership blooms, finding users is key, Oklahoma official says
$50 B and we are safer from flooding
Updated plan would build levees in Jefferson, St. James, Ascension, St. Mary parishes
Gordon Plaza gets letters for their homes
$335,000 for the 67 homes still occupied on the old dump. The 67 remaining owners of homes in the Gordon Plaza subdivision have been offered a median price of $335,000 apiece for their properties, which sit atop an old city
EPA Technical Assistance Centers good for Environmental Justice
Federal funding for environmental justice is at a historic high, but tapping it means navigating complex grant applications. New community-focused training centers aim to help.
Vacant land in Mid-City to become water holder
Once a trashy lot, the grass-covered property can now hold 1,100 bathtubs of rain and runoff.
If you get your weather off Twitter it may stop
Follow weather service hurricane alerts on Twitter? A new Elon Musk policy might end them.