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Elise Plunk/Louisiana IlluminatorThe 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 -
Rachel NederveldWhat does it take to stay rooted on the Gulf Coast, even as the land and weather change around us? We meet individuals, from a poet to a minister to a computer programmer, each finding their own creative ways to adapt and fight for the future of their communities.
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The groups allege that the council violated Louisiana’s Open Meetings Law in a series of votes related to the expansion of an ammonia plant. -
A new study from Johns Hopkins University measured 17 cancer-causing air pollutants across four parishes between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in 2023. -
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.
