A climate group led by Al Gore has expanded a new modeling tool to visualize the often-invisible health threat.

Warming water may have an outsized impact on the legendary lake, which has been protected for decades.

Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises

Candidates Helena Moreno, Frank Janusa, Oliver Thomas and Royce Duplessis shared their visions for tackling water issues at the New Orleans Mayoral Forum on Water and Coast.

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

The federal flood insurance program covers nearly 500,000 Louisianans. Real estate associations say the lapse in coverage will hamstring thousands of home sales.

If the program isn’t extended ahead of a government shutdown, officials say it could spell disaster for residents, business owners and the real estate market.

Some Alabo Wharf neighbors see the project as a way to revitalize the Lower Ninth Ward, while others view it as a health and safety hazard.

On this week’s episode, we visit the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the neighborhood still carries the scars of the storm — from empty lots to relentless heat.

Officials are collecting samples from various locations and analyzing them for heavy metals – such as arsenic, chromium, barium and lead – and petroleum-related hydrocarbons.