‘Cancer Alley’ residents ask for fed help in pollution fight
By Terry L. Jones Contributing Writer (Special from Floodlight) — Black residents living in some of Louisiana’s most heavily industrialized communities are turning to the U.S. Department of Justice for protection against ... Private equity wants to buy Entergy’s gas assets
By Katie Jane Fernelius Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — In November, Drew Marsh, chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation, announced to shareholders that, after 100 years, the power company would cease to distribute ... NOLa receives $50,000 for youth-led climate change projects
By Safura Syed Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — New Orleans has received $50,000 from Bloomberg Philanthropies to invest in youth-led projects that help address the climate crisis, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office announced earlier ... The final end of Public Housing
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The closure of Jefferson Parish’s Acre Road Complex in Marrero effectively sunsets the concept of U.S. government-owned housing in the metro area. The federal government’s ... Federal regulators approve controversial Louisiana gas terminal project
By Robert Zullo Contributing Writer (States Newsroom) — A massive and contentious liquefied natural gas export project in coastal Louisiana and an associated pipeline got a key approval from federal regulators Thursday. Shreveport picked for North America’s second direct air capture facility
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A decarbonization company plans to build North America’s second direct air capture facility in Louisiana as part of an effort to sequester industrial air pollution. Non-tenured Tulane faculty vote to unionize
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A group of non-tenured faculty at Tulane University in New Orleans has voted to form a union. Issues with federal student aid application process led to fewer low-income recipients
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Approximately one million fewer students are receiving federal aid for low income students in 2024 than previously projected due to issues with the rollout of ... Older women are different than older men. Their health is woefully understudied.
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) —Late last year, the Biden administration promised to address this problem with a new effort called the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. That inspires ... He was the right man at the right time
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Marc Morial is used to being told “it’s not his time.” From his historic campaign for mayor of New Orleans, becoming the youngest chief executive in the ...
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