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A separate review finds issues with an industry-funded insurance group.
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A New Orleans woman has taken up residence atop a decades-old tree in her yard to protest its removal after city officials informed her it was permanently damaged during street construction.
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With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.
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Hurricane Helene is close to making landfall on Florida's northwest coast as a powerful Category 4 storm. It's already battering the state's west coast with tropical storm-force winds and has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages. Forecasters warn the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge of up to 20 feet and deliver damaging winds hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S. Hurricane and flash flood warnings extend far beyond the coast up into northern Georgia and western North Carolina.
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The fate of thousands of U.S. dams hangs in the balance, leaving rural communities with hard choices“To come along and just rip a big hole out and let the water run is a mistake."
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Two years after an international body asked the U.S. to consider a pause on new industrial plants and protect cultural sites from heavy industry in Cancer Alley. It hasn't.
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The population has exploded by as much as 4,000% in Louisiana, according to the most recent five-year surveys by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife (LDWF).
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A bulk storage facility plans to join with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network to monitor air quality in a ‘Cancer Alley’ community.
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APTIM submits lowest bid at $24.5 million.
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Louisiana homeowners living in coastal parishes can apply for state grants up to $10,000 to help fortify their roofs. The application period ends at 5 p.m. Friday.
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Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital this week to announce a cooperative agreement between the working river’s ports.
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Francine did more than leave behind inches of mud. Several docks were damaged or swept away completely.