industry

A new study from Johns Hopkins University measured 17 cancer-causing air pollutants across four parishes between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in 2023.

A climate group led by Al Gore has expanded a new modeling tool to visualize the often-invisible health threat.

A new law gives economic development officials more power to change the state’s film tax credit program.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we air the latest episode of the Light Switch podcast. We dive into the debate over the state’s vanishing wetlands, and hear what a restoration scientist says about our fragile coast. We also learn about the decline of American shipbuilding and catch up on the week in politics.

The proposed $1.3 billion plant would have been the largest in the world.

A report conducted by a company looking to construct a grain terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish is facing increased scrutiny by federal agencies and will need to be redone to assess how the $479 million project would affect nearby historic sites.

The reboot of a 2020 environmental bill aims to bolster protections for Black, Indigenous and low-income communities often disproportionately harmed by pollution — an issue documented across Louisiana.

Six employees were injured after a blast at Marathon Petroleum's Garyville refinery sparked a fire and sent a shockwave felt in surrounding parishes, the company said Tuesday.

The Sierra Club announced its intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday after the federal agency had failed to act on states who haven’t complied with sending the Regional Haze Plans required by the Clean Air Act.

Louisiana's Climate Task Force wants to cut emissions, but some say it isn't enough.