Climate Change

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.

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.

Today, we bring you three stories exploring what it really takes to be ready for the next big storm. But at their core, these stories are about something deeper: the determination to keep living here on the Gulf Coast, and about the choices we’re making that will decide whether that’s possible.

As temperatures in New Orleans continue to increase because of climate change, air conditioners struggle to keep up, driving up utility bills.

Experts say the drop in abundance is largely due to chemical use, habitat loss and a warming climate.

Researchers predict rising seas will increase severe flood risks for about 2.5 million Americans by 2050.

Marginalized people often bear the brunt of environmental injustices. An annual conference in New Orleans is shaping young Black leaders to solve these issues.

The City of New Orleans received almost $140 million under the Inflation Reduction Act. The Trump Administration has paused that funding.

The agency that granted the permit found in 2024 that approving additional LNG exports could raise natural gas prices for U.S. consumers.