Elise Plunk (Louisiana Illuminator)

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.

Of the 10 Louisiana beaches where tests found the water was “potentially unsafe” most often, eight sites were in Cameron Parish.

Louisiana is exploring off-bottom oyster harvesting as more than just a marketing strategy. In its final environmental impact statement for the controversial Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lists the state’s strong interest in off-bottom oyster cultivation as a way to help build resiliency into an industry under threat from sediment diversions.

It’s a type of plan that environmentalists, scientists and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says can be a useful tool. But whether the program is fully set up for success isn’t yet certain.