environment

Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump.

Oil executives, business interests push economic benefits of carbon capture as President Trump takes aim at climate funding OK’d under Biden.

The Trump administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of worsening cancer risks for residents near its Louisiana plant, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The statement by an agency spokesperson comes after two judges ordered the environmental agency to pay contracts signed under Biden.

Louisiana’s wetlands are one of the planet’s most vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that intensify global warming, according to experts.

The case stems from a 2018 law that made it illegal to be on or near a pipeline without permission and an arrest of environmental activists that followed days after the law went into effect.

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

The $63.7 million project would restore forests and wetland habitats along 39 miles of the Mississippi River.

President Trump is reversing his predecessor’s efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports and roadways – communities that are often largely Black, Latino and low-income. He eliminated the “Justice 40” initiative the Biden created which required 40% of the benefits from certain environmental programs go to hard-hit communities. He disbanded a team of White House advisors who focus on the issue. It's part of a spate of early executive orders that align with Trump's campaign pledge to slash regulations and eliminate an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion. The new administration actions end a short-lived federal embrace of environmental justice.

Flood insurance is a tenet of life in water-burdened Louisiana. But skyrocketing costs of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) coverage are spurring significant departure from the program.