Elise Plunk (Louisiana Illuminator)

As the Trump administration sheds staff and funding at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a new analysis places Louisiana among states that have notably slashed their pollution regulation resources even as industry expands

The new rule, proposed Nov. 17, is the latest in a convoluted, decades-long fight over which streams and wetlands qualify as “Waters of the United States” and thus are regulated by the federal government under the Clean Water Act.

The practice is called community, citizen or participatory science, and it involves data collected from non-scientists that’s passed along to researchers who use their expertise to study and understand what they mean

The Trump administration has rolled back limits on some contaminants, though doctors say no levels are safe.

The Calcasieu-Sabine Basin will get $122 million from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement for drainage improvements geared to help marsh plants grow and halt erosion.

Visions of a regional economy based on storm durability have failed to materialize.

Now, after its 40th year, the cruise faces challenges to stay afloat, potentially undermining decades of research and future plans to get the dead zone under control.

Inshore shrimp season in Louisiana will open a couple weeks later than usual this year, and shrimpers are all for it.

Louisiana’s coastal restoration leader says smaller versions might be more feasible

The new leader of Louisiana’s coastal preservation efforts brings a background in the burgeoning field of environmental markets to the job.