Louisiana lawmaker paid to push proposed pipeline through Black, Indigenous communities
The 280-mile Delta Express pipeline would connect an existing natural gas pipeline in northern Louisiana to a liquid natural gas facility in its southernmost parish.
Louisiana’s population is moving to escape climate catastrophe
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, a growing number of people in coastal Louisiana are looking for an escape from climate change.
When hurricanes lead to industrial fires, minority neighborhoods can take a hit
Hurricane Laura rolled over a coast studded with refineries and chemical plants. Other storms have caused the release of toxic substances, often affecting poorer or...
More than 750,000 people under evacuation orders across the U.S. due to extreme weather
Scientists say the simultaneous extreme weather events represent a glimpse of the impacts of unchecked climate change.
New Orleans decides to double state’s solar capacity
Today is a day three years in the making, as the New Orleans City Council has officially approved a bid by Entergy New Orleans (ENO)...
Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast (2017)
The plan includes 124 projects that build or maintain more than 800 square miles of land and reduce expected damage by $8.3 billion annually by...
Energy Future New Orleans proposes new resilient RPS for the city
On the heels of what many expected to be a historic weather event in the City of New Orleans, a coalition of local and national renewable energy...