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A newly published study finds that residents in a majority-Black area of Saint John the Baptist Parish face extremely high rates of cancer and other…
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After Mardi Gras in 2019, garbage trucks collected 1,300 tons of trash, or about 2.6 million pounds, when the revelry was over. In the past, the city has…
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Work must be paused on a contentious plastic manufacturing mega-plant in St. James Parish after a motion in district court.The Army Corps is considering…
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Inspection reports and other assessments for petrochemical plants and industrial facilities caught in Hurricane Laura’s path show roughly a one-third…
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Gov. John Bel Edwards has unveiled a plan to make the state carbon-neutral by 2050.Edwards signed two executive orders at a Coastal Protection and…
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At a time when fear of a virus has nagged at our every choice for months, the last thing anyone needs is an added fear of flesh-eating bacteria. But we…
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Oysters are a staple of Louisiana’s culture and cuisine, but because of storms, engineering and river flooding, the industry has been struggling for…
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Rainstorms seem to be getting more intense. In New Orleans, every time it rains, people worry about flooding. A new study from LSU finds that storms in…
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The Trump administration is making major changes to the Endangered Species Act, which could affect some plants and animals in Louisiana.The act, passed in…
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If you live in a city it’s easy to think of Louisiana’s coastal land loss problem as out-of-sight, out-of-mind. But every day the coast is creeping closer…