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Environmental groups sue Louisiana over permitting of $13.2B LNG plant, fear of flooding

Halle Parker

Several environmental groups are suing Louisiana over its 2019 decision to allow a 630-acre liquefied natural gas plant to move forward in Plaquemines Parish without a key coastal permit.

Coastal Desk

Workers Finish Atchafalaya Basin Dredging Project

The Associated Press

Workers have completed a dredging project designed to improve water quality in the Atchafalaya Basin.The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources said…

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State approves permit for sinkhole relief well

The state Department of Natural Resources says is has approved a drilling permit for a relief well near a massive sinkhole in Assumption Parish.DNR…

Coastal Desk

Orphaned well could be source of swamp bubbles

The Associated Press

ASSUMPTION PARISH — State and local officials are investigating whether an orphaned well may be the source of natural gas bubbling up from the surfaces of…

Coastal Desk

DNR geologist: Gas may be bubbling from salt dome

The Associated Press

ASSUMPTION PARISH — A top geologist at the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources says bubbling gas in bayous in Assumption Parish may be connected to…

Coastal Desk

State working to save 640 acres of swamp cypress

The Associated Press

The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources says an agreement with the St. Martin Parish School Board has been hammered out to save 640 acres of cypress…