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Despite President Donald Trump’s calls to “drill, baby, drill,” many oil companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico will likely do what they’ve done for years: sit on hundreds of untapped oil leases across millions of acres.

Federal leaders and Gov. Jeff Landry clash over the state’s projected spending for the $3 billion project.

A salty river is a public health crisis, contaminating drinking water for thousands in southeast Louisiana.

Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched for years as intensifying rain storms and flooding wreak havoc on their communities.

The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.

Louisiana’s coastal restoration fund could get a boost from offshore wind revenues.

A coalition of environmental groups is pushing 18 projects to protect Gulf Coast communities from land loss and storm damage.

Gov. Jeff Landry placed all of Louisiana under a state of emergency on Monday as Tropical Storm Francine churns in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Louisiana coast is under a hurricane warning as Francine strengthens and approaches the state.

As salt water moves up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico, residents across the greater New Orleans area have been left with many questions.