Proponents for the change say it will help the state be competitive for major developments. Critics, however, say it weakens long-standing consumer protections.

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 Gulf is one of the LAST places in the world where there is still a major wild oyster harvest. Lately, though, that harvest…is in trouble. In this episode, we ask: What can the oyster's downfall and resurrection tell us about a future of farming the ocean?

Part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the future of farming seafood in the Gulf. There’s a growing global movement to farm more and more of our seafood. Currently, proposals are being considered to establish massive fish farms in U.S. federal waters. The most likely first home to these new farms is the Gulf.

A new study published in Nature Communications looked at what happens when climate change and toxic pollution intersect.

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.

Waste has been stored and recycled at other sites, but LDEQ grants an emergency exemption for River Birch.

Ten people were arrested earlier this month for alleged immigration violations during a joint state and federal patrol of oyster beds in St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes.

The smallest and most endangered of sea turtles, the Kemp's Ridleys, have returned to Louisiana's Chandeleur Islands after 75 years.

The climate talks — known as Conference of the Parties, or COP30 for this year’s edition — have long left Indigenous people out or relegated them to the sidelines.