More symbolic than effective, the New Orleans City Council yest said no to the Formosa plant. The New Orleans City Council expressed unanimous opposition Thursday to the planned Formosa Plastics plant in St. James Parish, raising concerns about how the
Expect another more active hurricane season in 2021, with 17 named storms, including eight hurricanes, with four of those being major, Category 3 or above, climatologists with the Colorado State University Tropical Weather and Climate Research team said Thursday. The
The Mighty Mississippi waters full of silt built the Louisiana Delta. The Corps of Engineers, helping commerce, built dams and constrained the River. These efforts helped commerce but stopped the land building and now we are in dire straits. Enter
Once again, our Attorney General is on the wrong side of history in his steadfast support of the oil and gas industry. Thirteen states sued the Biden administration Wednesday to end a suspension of new oil and gas leases on
Acy Cooper grew up on the water, breathing in the air of Barataria Bay. As a third-generation shrimper, he feels the industry in his blood, and the beady-eyed, long-bodied crustaceans caught in his trawling nets represent his heritage as well
A victory? Yes. Did we win the war? A resounding NO! Louisiana coastal advocates have been celebrating this recent headline: “Big Step Forward for $50 Billion Plan to Save Louisiana Coast.” That big step was the release of the U.S.
Yesterday there were two articles providing ways to comment about the Mid-Barataria Diversion. The first was short and sweet on how to comment and it said: At $2 billion, the Mid-Barataria sediment diversion project is a key piece of Louisiana’s
Air pollution is nothing new in this area but a new grain terminal will bring dust to the Baton Rouge – New Orleans corridor. A Louisiana company wants to build a 36-silo grain terminal on the west bank of St.
One of the most expensive, ambitious and controversial proposals in Louisiana’s 50-year, $50 billion bid to save the southern third of the state from disappearing like a modern-day Atlantis passed a major milestone Thursday night with the release of a
In New Orleans we know this well. The higher you are above sea level the better off, maybe, you will be. The lower 9th Ward was 13 feet below sea water and water flows down hill. This is basic physics.